如何获得剧本版权?
By Alan Donahue
作者:艾伦·唐纳休
When you write a screenplay or any other written work, such as novels, journals, and stories, you form a basic copyright protection the instant you put an idea and text to paper. Registering a screenplay with the copyright office gives it added protection, helps keep people from stealing your work, and can entitle you to damages and lawyer fees in an infringement case. The protected screenplay is copyrighted for more than 100 years, and the process only takes a few minutes to complete online using the Electronic Copyright Office.
当你写剧本或者其它的文字作品时,比如小说、日记、故事,你的构想一旦以文字形式落到纸面上,就已经形成了基本的版权保护。在版权局注册你的剧本,给它更多的保护,这能防止有人盗用你的作品,并且在发生侵