ScriptLinks CA Protection
Copyright Info - the ScriptLinks basics on protecting your script
copyright registration, legal advice, archive services
Canadian Intellectual Property Office - register Canadian copyright, no verification process, no copies of material kept
Canadian Legal FAQs - Legal Studies Program, University of Alberta
Click & Copyright- US copyright protection services
Copyright Protection Services International - international registry, one-time fee
Creative Commons - free tools to establish licence and change copyright terms
Creators Vault - electronic archival system providing writers time-stamped, third-party, proof-of-creation
Entertainment Law Resources - lawyer Mark Litwak's FAQs, articles, and blog for filmmakers
Find Law - intellectual property law resources
Harris Tulchin & Associates - entertainment law firm offers outlines and articles, Ask A Media Lawyer
Hollywood Law Cyber Center - entertainment law FAQs
Hollywood Script Express - intellectual property registration with digital timestamp, submission tracking tools, file stored for 5 years
Hollywood Script Readers Digest - certificate of publication for subscribers to synopsis service
Intellectual Property Law Server - copyright page with links, articles, and forums
Legal Ease - Film Independent legal Q&A by two lawyers from LA-based entertainment law firm
ProtectRite.com - National Creative Registry's intellectual property registration service
Raindance - (UK - London) script registration service, hard copy kept
U.S. Copyright Office - register copy of script, extensive FAQs
World Wide OCR.com - online copyright registration and archive
WriterGuard - digital protection includes registry, backup and project manager that keeps earlier versions of your work
Writers' Copyright Association - international copyright registration service with database of posted works, resources for various countries includes Canadian section
Writer's Guild of Canada - intellectual property registration service, provides a dated record of material service
Writer's Guild of America - world's number one screenplay registration service, provides a dated record of material
Write Safe - ten-year registration, online webfile and member pages
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