Copyright issue?

Does anyone out there know about Copyright law?

I am trying to get a fundraiser going for playcentre and it is a cookbook. Families will contribute recipes, I will put them together and have them printed into a book and sell them to the families and possibly a stall at the local market before xmas. Thinking I would likely do a print run of 200 max.

So anyway I told all the families and one of those *insert sarcasitc voice* helpful parents has emailed to say we need to be careful of copyright laws, need to investigate it and possibly include the source of the recipe *sigh*

Does anyone know whether we need to name the recipe source? What if we don't know it? I was going to include a recipe for Apricot Balls which I got from Mum who got it from a friend. And what about a muffin recipe that I have changed slightly from the cookbook I got it from?

This was supposed to be an easy fundraising idea!

We did one at work one yr to fund raise for xmas. We all brought in a recipes & made a book & sold for $10...don't remember anything about the legal side as I was not the one that put it together...but you could always add your serving suggestions to them then its not word for word & most people tweak them to suit.

You could always state that for legal reasons they can not be copied or ask for grandmas family recipes or family hand me down ones...

Thanks for the ideas... and moral support!

Thanks kiwi2, that's a good idea