Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Almost there . . .
For those of you that followed and enjoyed the television show "Beauty And The Beast," I only have a couple of pages to go before I'm finished retyping one of the teleplays I submitted for the show way back when- retyping because the teleplay was stored on a word processor whose files can't be transferred to computer that I'm aware of. Of course I'll admit, as will everyone in my family, that I'm not the most computer savvy person in the world. Yes, there was the option of scanning, but it takes almost as long. If you liked the television series then I know you'll enjoy my episode. But first I have a question, then a disclaimer: First, the question; Does anyone out there know specific precedents for posting work to the internet such as this, where intellectual property rights can come into play over a blog site? This teleplay, among several others, was submitted to the Production Company for Beauty And The Beast, and I had it registered through the WGA. Though Witt-Thomas Productions never aired this episode and I'm printing a disclaimer prefacing the posted teleplay, I want to make sure I'm not treading on toes by including it on my blog. The reason I haven't updated my blog in a few days is because I've been reading everything I can find! regarding copyrights, trademarks and intellectual property rights, and after all that reading it's still as clear as mud. I've also emailed the WriterBeware website asking for advice, but have yet to hear back. So, here I am. Do I post or don't I? Ahh, that is the question. I will print a disclaimer at the beginning of the posted teleplay that will say something to the effect of: This work is not a commodity; it is not posted to be sold for a price or intended to be resold for a price to the general public (one of the few things I did get from all my reading). Actually I may post that word for word-- I kinda' like the way it sounds! I'll keep you posted.
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Did you post Fugitive Child somewhere we can read it yet? I didn't see it here in your blog.
ReplyDeleteNada yet, Jonelle: Fugitive Child is well over a hundred pages . . . Beauty And The Beast is fifty-one. Let's try the smaller file first and see if posting it to my site works before I attempt the bigger screenplay. Andrew's working on this problem with me . . . bottom line is I may need to break it up into smaller excerpts if we can't figure out how to get it posted in one piece. Thanks for checking!
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