body: I am thinking of running an algorithm on TV shows which will output a written account of each show's contents. An example would be a written copy of the recipe used in a cooking show, which would be almost verbatim, but not a complete transcript and probably without any overall synopsis; just a few parts of the show. That being said, the algorithm would have to "watch" the whole show to discover the relevant parts.
  
  
  Would I need a license from the owner of the show's copyright before doing so?
  
  
  Would the answer be different if I watched the show myself, copied down the recipe by hand, and put it on a (commercial) website?
  
  
  
title: Commercial "natural language processing" algorithm on TV shows