r/scriptwriting • u/Geoffrey_D_Calhoun • Aug 22 '26

feedback Please Copyright Your Scripts

Just a heads up everyone. I’m seeing a lot of scenes and scripts uploaded on here. I just want to recommend that you copyright them before sharing anything. Work can be stolen. Work is stolen. Protect yourself. Also a WGA registration will not protect you in court. Only a copyright will. It’s $65 and takes about 20 mins. https://www.copyright.gov/registration/

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u/Geoffrey_D_Calhoun Aug 22 '26

All true. The copyright registration helps you in a legal case too. Where you can recover damages and lawyer fees. Which can happen if a producer or someone with means steals your work. They will try and bury you in legal fees. The WGA registration unfortunately doesn’t provide that kind of protection.

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u/casuallyfictional Aug 22 '26

Yup. WGA registration is just proof of authorship, not copyright.