Copyrighting a Script

December 7th, 2011 by Carl

You always hear about copyrighting here and there, but the thought of actually getting something copyrighted can be a bit intimidating. Of course there is the poor mans copyright of mailing a hard copy of a script to yourself via USPS. Would that really hold up in court though? I don’t know. What I do know is that getting a script copyrighted isn’t that difficult or complicated. Using https://eco.copyright.gov/ you can submit your work and get the review process started in roughly 20 minutes. Go to the site, register for an account and follow the super easy steps. It’s literally that simple and it only costs $35. They even accept PDF’s. I’m not going to go through this step by step. That would be demeaning to both you and me. I know what you’re thinking: “a government service that isn’t insanely tedious and complicated? Impossible.” But, I just…

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