Most of us that have been around more than a day know that we should register our scripts with the WGA. Feel free to register them with the copyright office/Library of Congress. You can even hire an copyright attorney. If you're in Little Rock, AR... I recommend Chris Corbitt. (His oldest child played club soccer with my daughter and he was always busy!) But, by far the easiest is the WGA. It's $20 for non-members, you get your registration number right away and you can screenshot that bad boy to print. You'll still get your certificate in the mail in a few weeks.
Did you know that you can register more than your feature or your pilot? Shut the front door! No way! Per the WGA Registry website... "Any file may be registered to assist you in documenting the creation of your work. Some examples of registerable material include scripts, treatments, synopses, and outlines... The WGAW Registry also accepts stageplays, novels, books, short stories, poems, commercials, lyrics, drawings, music and various media work such as Web series, code, and other digital content." I know! Isn't it fabulous? So, got story ideas for days? Write the treatment and register it! Here's a complete list on what material you can register: Screenplay (it's the default) Animation Art Autobiography Bible Biography Book Commercial Concept (not sure what exactly this means) Documentary Format (Another huh) Gameshow IPR Use Only (Still not sure) Lyrics Manuscript Music Musical Notes (Yeah, you can register your notes) Other (Doesn't fit any of these categories? No worries!) Outline Photograph Pilot Pitch Play Poems Proposal Scene (Yep!) Script Series Sketch Spec Story Synopsis Teleplay Trailer Translation Treatment The accepted mediums: Screen Interactive Literary Music Online/Digital Radio Stage TV Unspecified (Yep! Not sure where your project is going to fit...) V/C Videogame Now that you know... get to creating and register those babies with the WGA!
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