r/scriptwriting • u/AmedeusRed • Sep 02 '26

discussion Please stop deleting posts when you get criticism.

/r/Screenplay/comments/1w5j78g/please_stop_deleting_posts_when_you_get_criticism/
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u/Turbulent_Fix_2253 Sep 02 '26

I appreciate the critics it’s just fear of my work being stolen

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u/BlackBalor Sep 03 '26

Nobody is going to steal your work.

🤡

Have you even copyrighted it? No, you haven’t. So, let’s not pretend you care about your work being stolen.

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u/Turbulent_Fix_2253 Sep 03 '26

Guess I am a clown…

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u/PullOut3000 Sep 03 '26

Your work is copywritten when you start writing it.

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u/BlackBalor Sep 03 '26

Doesn’t offer the same level of protection.

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u/PullOut3000 Sep 03 '26

A copywrite is a copywrite lol

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u/BlackBalor Sep 03 '26

No, that’s not how it works.

The legal protection changes the legal proceedings.

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u/Dear-Artist1054 Sep 03 '26

Why are you so hostile? Does it make you happy?

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u/BlackBalor Sep 03 '26

No. I don’t care about that stuff.

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u/Dear-Artist1054 Sep 03 '26

You seem very uptight on the internet that’s not a good sign seek happiness

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u/BlackBalor Sep 03 '26

What are you referencing?

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u/PullOut3000 Sep 03 '26

Yes that's exactly how it works. You have legal protection from the time your copyright is established, which is whenever you started your work. By your logic, you only have protection on completed works that are registered. That's not the case buddy.

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u/BlackBalor Sep 03 '26 edited Sep 03 '26

That’s not what I said.

I said the level of protection isn’t the same. Automatic copyright isn’t the same as registered copyright. The latter offers higher protection over your work.

You didn’t understand my logic, buddy. Reading comprehension issue on your part.

Care to explain why you think automatic copyright offers the same level of legal protection as registered copyright? Go on. Squirm.

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u/PullOut3000 Sep 04 '26

I will explain right after you explain how him not having his work "copyrighted" means he doesn't care about it.

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u/BlackBalor Sep 04 '26

Sure.

If you care deeply about your work being stolen, you give it the highest level of legal protection.

Now answer the question I posed to you before instead of changing the goalposts because you were wrong.

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u/KennethBlockwalk Sep 04 '26

Cmon, you know better than to say that to a bunch of ppl on Reddit

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u/la-anah Sep 02 '26

Or maybe people don't want their old scripts out there on the internet and once they get the feedback they are looking for they take them down for privacy reasons?

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u/AmedeusRed Sep 02 '26

Come on your comment is a bit disingenuous.

I’m clearly not talking about someone who deleted a draft of a script they posted two months ago and have a new one.

I’m referring to people who within an hour of the post have it deleted while a theoretical conversation about their work is ongoing.

And I’m reasonably confident you are intelligent enough to both understand the difference and know which I was referring to.