Registering ideas
I think I have a great idea for good action movie (like SPIDERMAN) but I live in Brazil, far away from L.A’s big movie industry. Who could I trust to share this excellent idea with without being cheated? Can I register an idea of a screenplay before I tell anyone?
–Klaus
You can register written material that isn’t in screenplay form, both with the WGA and through normal means of copyright (which may work differently in Brazil). If you’re worried about someone stealing your idea, you could write up a fairly detailed version of it in prose form and register it though one or both of these means. That’s plenty of protection.
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September 15th, 2004 at 7:39 am
REGIST AND COPYRIGHT STUFF
There’s a website where you can register your stuff legally. For just a US$18.95 fee you can have the right to a complete ten-year registration.
ProtectRite offers the exact same protection as the Writer’s Guild registration service for less money and longer terms. Many WGA members register their work with us for the added convenience of instant online registration.
Take a look: http://www.protectrite.com/
March 26th, 2005 at 10:28 pm
I think ideas, themselves, can’t be copyrighted.
August 30th, 2006 at 4:53 pm
How to regist an idea and protect from stealing around the world
June 2nd, 2007 at 4:42 am
Hi, myself and my friend have this great idea for a comedy film,if it was registered how would we go about getting directors/producers and so on to see it or hear it, we live in ireland which is a far cry from hollywood but we are really determined and 100 percent sure our idea would end up on the silver screen, also do you need an IDEA to be turned into a script or can you just write about the plot/characters and pass that as an idea ??