Screenwriting : Link to script in query letter? by Marc Breindel

Thank you, Steven! I certainly don't want to send copyright bombs to the very people I want to work with! So, they can just let me know if they want the link to my script. Much obliged.

Further to Steven's point, even top agents typically call/email the person to whom they want to submit a script before doing so. When time permits, they give the recipient the courtesy of saying, "yes, please send it" or "no, please don't send it." Legit agents don't have to worry about the "unsolicited submissions" policies that new, unrepped writers have to abide by. Here's why the agent might get a "no" from the potential recipient. Let's say the agent is going out with a modern day "Pinocchio" fairy tale. He calls a Disney studio exec to submit it to Disney. Let's say Disney already has a Pinocchio update in development. The Disney exec would most likely say, "Let me stop you right there before you pitch the whole thing to me. We already have a very similar Pinocchio movie in development. Ours takes place in Manhattan. We've been developing it quietly since 2014. We can't take the submission because we need to prevent infringement." That means that Disney can't read the new Pinocchio script because they already have one. If they read the new one, they can be accused of stealing ideas from the new one, so it's safer for them to say "no" to the new submission and prevent any possibility of infringing upon the other project. This is pretty rare, but it does happen. So yeah, give people the courtesy of saying "yes" or "no" to your offer, and please don't force it on us because there are things that aren't transparent, and none of us should assume.