When it comes to protecting your ideas, should you register your script with the WGA or copyright it? So you have your best idea, you wrote an incredible screenplay, and now you want to send it out to contests and to search for agents and managers...BUT WAIT! How do you know your idea is protected? How do you ensure that your ideas remain your ideas? The answer is simple: you can safeguard your idea via registering your screenplay with the WGA or copyrighting the script with the United States Government. But which is right for you and your screenplay? Let's dive into WGA registration and copyrighting your screenplay to find out which is best. What is WGA Registration? WGA registration is a process where you tell the WGA the origin date of your idea, so you can keep track of it in case you submit it somewhere and later see someone profiting with your same idea later. This is rare, but it has happened in the past. So, the WGA invented registration to help protect writers. If you register your script with the WGA, your protections last five years. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 18 July, 2019