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The story
The controversy began when culinary personality and TV talent Mikimama posted a video that used another chef’s cooking footage without permission, emphasizing that her own recipe was superior. The other chef shared her feelings on Instagram, saying, “It makes me very sad to have my precious recipe treated this way without permission,” prompting Mikimama to post an apology on October 3. On 5ch, opinions split between those pointing out that recipes themselves aren’t copyrighted and those noting that what was used without permission was the cooking “video,” which is subject to copyright — leaving the thread divided over where the real issue actually lies.
10/4 (Sun) 17:10
“I am truly sorry for the trouble I have caused this time.”
On October 3, culinary personality and TV talent Miki Fujiwara, known as “Mikimama,” apologized on her own Instagram. Mikimama has been at the center of controversy after reportedly disparaging another chef’s recipe.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Sounds like it's just someone else with the same name.
Nope — other chefs pass other people's dishes off as their own all the time too.
She didn't steal the recipe — she used someone else's cooking video without permission to make a video claiming her own recipe is way better. Videos ARE copyrighted. The recipe itself isn't even remotely similar.
The way the world's going, next someone's gonna say 'I patented putting oil in the pan before frying.'
Way too petty for words.
Kind of like a 'history researcher,' I guess.
Well, recipes are a gray area to begin with.
Oh, except maybe gyoza.
"It makes me very sad to have my precious recipe treated this way without permission."
I only know what's in the article, but there's not a single mention of video copyright in that quote.
Japanese really is steadily going extinct, huh.
And on top of that, right as the other chef is shown using a Staub pot, she throws in a dig like 'You don't need some fancy pot!'
So 'this is easy to make' actually meant 'the video was easy to make,' huh?
Pulled pork itself isn't anyone's original invention to begin with. It's on the level of making miso soup with an unusual ingredient.
Tips that grow out of home cooking are often more useful than ones from professional chefs.
Is that you yourself?
That's about the level we're dealing with here.
Cooking videos ARE copyrighted, though.
Pretty cringe-worthy, honestly.
Unless you invented a dish completely from scratch yourself, pretty much all cooking is like that, you know?
It's less 'copied it' and more 'trashed it.'
Background and Key Points of the Debate
Because a recipe is essentially just a set of cooking steps, it’s generally considered hard to protect under Japanese copyright law. A “video” showing the cooking process, however, can be protected as a visual work under copyright law. The thread split along the lines of whether people framed this as a case of “recipe imitation” or “unauthorized use of a video.” According to reports, Mikimama posted a video that used footage from another chef’s cooking video while emphasizing that her own recipe was superior, and the other chef spoke about how her video — not her recipe — had been handled, rather than about recipe imitation. Some commenters also felt that her habit of blocking critical commenters one after another only fanned the flames further.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “Mikimama’s ‘unauthorized recipe use’ and ‘one-upping video’ stir controversy; Mikimama apologizes after the other chef posts that she is ‘very sad’.”
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