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Story Rights
Hang on to the copyright to your original works of authorship
Story Rights
JOHN LONGENECKER, DGA
On occasion I am invited to a film class to talk with folks and
we'll discuss what I know about how they can hang on to their Story Rights for movies
To sum it all up:
Stroy Rights
U.S. Copyright Law

Learn about U.S. Copyright Law
- an Author • an original work of authorship • exclusive rights
- a derivative work a joint work • copyright owner • copyright claimant
- register your works for Copyright at the U.S. Copyright Office
U.S. Copyright Office: Copyright.gov |

In 2009 you can register your original works for U.S. Copyright over the internet.
An Original Work of Authorship: Story - Treatment - Screenpaly
First - create an account with your contact informaiton - a username - a password
Then - fill out a registration form and attach a copy of your work all on the Internet
Firefox works very well at the U.S. Copyright Office site to fill out forms
Copyright Registration of your Original Work

Story • Treatment • Screenplay
1. U.S. Copyright Office Registration: Copyright.gov : YES - Do This!
2. Writers Guild Registration:
- not as important as U.S. Copyright Office Registration
3. Sending a copy of your work in a U.S. Post Office registered mailing to yourself: NO
4. Sending a copy of your work in a FedEx mailing to yourself: NO

1. U.S. Copyright Office Registration: Copyright.gov |
U.S. Copyright Office
Writers Guild of America
Story Rights
Writers Guild of America
Learn about the Writers Guild Basic Agreement | WGA | MBA to 2007 | MBA to 2010 soon!
- definitions: professional writer • literary material • signatory company
- a co-writing team • story • original treatment • screenplay
- Story by credit • separation of rights • Screenplay by • Written by (story & screenplay)
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Writers Guild / Copyright  - learn more about your Story Rights |

JOHN LONGENECKER
Story Rights - Copyright talks with film production & scriptwriting classes
Story Rights
Audio Recording on mp3 |
JOHN LONGENECKER
Story Rights - Copyright talk - November 19, 2008 - Sherwood Oaks College -
Story Rights - Copyright talk topic list - Mark Baker: Assignment | WGA info -
Art Institutes
Audio Recording

JOHN LONGENECKER
Story Rights / Copyright talk - December 2008

AUDIO RECORDING
JOHN LONGENECKER
Story Rights / Copyright talk - March 2009
Mark Moore - The Art Institutes Film Production Class
lean more - Story Rights / Copyright talk audio recordings from The Art Institutes Santa Monica CA

Tips for USC Cinema film students
USC School of Cinematic Arts
Story - Treatment - Script - Short Films
Register a copy of your original works with the U.S. Copyright Office
Register your Story • Treatment • Screenplay before you start on your Short Film
Don't sign away your Copyright to your future Short Films to USC
Learn something about U.S. Copyright Law - it's good for you
U.S. Copyright Office / Registration: Copyright.gov |

Copyright USC
Our Goals for the 80th Anniversary of USC Cinema in 2009

1. USC Cinema to teach U.S. Copyright Law so film students learn to protect their Copyright

2. Short Film copyright to be owned by USC Cinema film students. USC Cinema to never again seek Copyright ownership to student-produced Short Films


Here is a link to Copyright USC.com | CopyrightUSC on Twitter |
You can learn more and may be willing to help us get the word out to USC film students.
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email: PictureAmerica@mac.com • 800 470-4602
2009 USC Cinema Copyright Campaign
USC - The University of Southern California USC School of Cinematic Arts (USC Cinema)
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USC Cinema Copyright Policy 2007
What's this all about?

USC Cinema steals the Copyright away from a fresh batch of cinema students each semester by fraud and theft. It's unlawful conduct by USC. It's not right. USC Cinema students ought to learn and understand something about U.S. Copyright Law with respect to  their own Story Rights. USC Cinema students ought to register their original works for Copyright: Story • Treatment • Script • Short Films
How does USC Cinema steal the Copyright to student-produced short films?

USC Cinema requires each new, fresh, young, unknowing USC Cinema student to sign a "policy" document. The 2007 USC Copyright policy document is simply a bunch of meaningless verbiage that seeks to give an impression of plausibility through misdirection, obfuscation, misleading fraudulent assertions and false statements. USC legal counsel lacks the copyright law experience and understanding -- or ethics -- necessary for proper use of U.S. Copyright Law provisions. The policy document is simple fraud and theft. It's unlawful. On student-produced short films USC Cinema typically seeks production company credit as well. USC Cinema thinks they make short films. They do not. Cinema students make short films at USC. USC Cinema certainly did not produce my short film. There were just four of us who made my senior 480 project "Broncho Billy" (1970).
Take Unfair Advantage

USC Cinema seeks to argue they are somehow justified to require cinema students to provide their contractual consent with respect to their signature on the 2007 USC Copyright policy document. Typically a film student would not seek to challenge their own school and be barred from enrolling in cinema courses. Thus, USC Cinema seeks an unfair advantage -- a superior bargaining position -- to obtain a students’ contractual consent when there is no opportunity for negotiation. These required written policy documents are unconscionable and unenforceable by a court of law.

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