Should you copyright a script before selling it to producers?

Yes you should. When you sell a script, you are selling the copyright or at least a license to use the copyrighted material. As the other answers state, in both the U.S. read more

Yes you should. When you sell a script, you are selling the copyright or at least a license to use the copyrighted material. As the other answers state, in both the U.S. and the other Berne Convention countries (most of the world), anything you write and fix in a physical form is copyrighted the moment you write it. That includes your grocery list. read more

If you register a script with the WGA, you have the option of putting a"WGA Registered" notice on the title page. If you elect to not do so, you should put a Copyright notice on the script whether you have registered with the Copyright Office or not, to prevent an infringer from claiming that he didn't know that the work was protected. read more