Copywriting a screenplay

[Dazza]

Hi Guys

I have a feeling that this may have been mentioned before but I'm still going to ask the question.

Does anyone have any experience of copyrighting a screenplay and is it worth doing?

Thanks

[wiggy]

to be honest i very much doubt it is worth doing, i registered my fearless men with the writers guild of america for £10, i got a certificate with a number on it but i have done rewrites to it about 20 times since after feedback and now it isn't the same so if someone made it i wouldn't have a leg to stand on ha!
but honestly, unless it's another sixth sense or resident evil apocalypse then don't bother.

only kidding about res evil

[onsuper8]

A simple way to protect your intellectual rights (although I'm not sure this is still valid and I aint no lawyer) is to stick whatever it is in an envelope and seal it with a tamperproof seal (sealing wax) and send it to yourself through the post. When it comes back don't open it - whilst its not protecting your copyright per se, you have a proven date of sealing which would hopefully pre-date anything else if you ever ended up in court and you could produce it as an exhibit.

[shindig]

That's some serious secret squirrel stuff, that.

[Tom]

Dazza, you own copyright as soon as you write something. The case is proving it.

I wouldn't worry too much about all that stuff. It's a whole minefield and truth be told, nobody can own the copyright to an idea, just a script.

It's truly not worth worrying about.

[Dazza]

Cool ok I wont let it worry me thanks guys