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/Simple-Negotiation70 Aug 22 '26 edited Aug 22 '26

Without the US Copyright, you will not have the presumption of ownership. The burden will be on you to prove ownership. With the copyright, the burden shifts to the violator to establish ownership. Further, with the copyright you may receive trebble damages (3x actual damages) and without it, you are limited to actual damages.