This should bring out the noise; our agency will no longer accept scripts from writers we SIGN without proof of http://www.copyright.gov/ - (once the noise settles down I will continue) Ahem: I ADORE you. I love new writers. I love new voice. I love new concepts. Great scripts! You bet. Pitch me and...
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Both Canada and US allow automatic copyright to original works without the need to register... according to sources of US Copyright and Canadian Copyright Offices, I've checked... WGA is simply lookin...
Expand commentBoth Canada and US allow automatic copyright to original works without the need to register... according to sources of US Copyright and Canadian Copyright Offices, I've checked... WGA is simply looking for funds to continue their existence, neither of those organizations will help you for free. You are still left to fight the case in arbitration on your own penny, through your dues...for members only...
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I think its safe to say that if you want Babz to be your agent then do what she wants...
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The problem with running your own affairs is that you need to find your own customers. Not like you can just open a shop, put a sign over the door and people come to you asking to buy your scripts.
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Thank you for this thread/discussion Babz. I'll look further into it as all I've done for now on my nascent writing efforts is WGA registration. I'm new to scriptwriting, so I'm also looking for sugge...
Expand commentThank you for this thread/discussion Babz. I'll look further into it as all I've done for now on my nascent writing efforts is WGA registration. I'm new to scriptwriting, so I'm also looking for suggestions on what I could read or where I could seek advice on writing for film as I'm also a researcher on obscure historical events that had significant changes in our world. One I'm currently working on occurred in the late 1880's that is practically buried with time and forgotten. Over the past year, I've compiled all of the research available on it and have a script 90% completed, but need guidance on what to do with it. Thanks. - Ric
I have a debatable question best answered by someone who has actually SOLD a Movie or represented one in a legal capacity. If you shoot a short, enter it into a festival, establish a website and name...
Expand commentI have a debatable question best answered by someone who has actually SOLD a Movie or represented one in a legal capacity. If you shoot a short, enter it into a festival, establish a website and name via registering the name with a Registrar before shooting. In this grand example, would the small Indy person be disqualifying themselves with a major label, due to NOT having the Copy write / chain of title. Albeit produced all in house? Or is that case by case, decided by the Golden Rule. "He who has the gold makes the rules." I realize the mentality of $55. bucks is a 'drop in the bucket', but I am curious about this. Lets say you shoot two to three shorts a year, to see what sticks, or goes viral if you will? That adds up after a while and if you do not mind small costs they add up to larger costs. Then there is the mentality of; "A copy write as well as a patent is only as good as the money you have to ague it in court." Sure insurance on everything makes sense, but have you ever been insurance poor?