For legal protection you register your script (e.g. in the USA with the WGA or USCO) or you maintain evidence. Whether or not you should worry about it is debatable. And it might be different everywhere. But first time movie writers, especially in Hollywood, should rather worry about getting into the industry in the first place. And for that, no matter what some scammy gurus, who teach you the 3 act structure like some form of deep complex science, tell you, your screenplay matters very little.
How do first time movie writers ensure someone along the way won't get ripped off? Like say Jay in the mail room sees your scripts and develops it himself, what recourse is there against mail clerk?
Submitted 9 hours ago by Patnou@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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TheV2@programming.dev 8 hours ago
phonics@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Be honored its worth stealing. And be happy you didnt have to put up the cash to test the market. Also, your first movie won’t be your best work. There is another in you. When you write the 2nd one use the lawsuit to pay for its creation and it will market itself with the drama.
etchinghillside@reddthat.com 9 hours ago
Why do you hate Jay? Why not the Postman/woman/person?
Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
I’m curious too. I have done nothing.
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 8 hours ago
Then why were you lurking suspiciously in the mail room in the first place? Tell us that!
Nemo@slrpnk.net 6 hours ago
…yet
yesman@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Most scripts in Hollywood are worth less than than the paper they’re printed on. And if you can separate the value from the slop, you’d make more money working for the industry than stealing from it.
DrBob@lemmy.ca 8 hours ago
Adding to this that anyone worth pitching does everything they can to avoid contact with unsolicited scripts. When they want one they grab one they’ve already optioned or go with established pros. So if the mailroom guy is your worry, then you’re already out of the running. And the mailroom guy won’t have any better luck with it anyways.