I am currently producing a synopsis for a screen play. Once this is done, I will have it copyrighted. Then I will submit it to the two security institutions that I vaguely remember. And this is why I am making this post. I recall that there is an added layer of security that screen play writers have at their disposal. But I don't recall where they are and exactly what they are called. Can anyone here offer a suggestion?
Registering with the writer's guild helps, but copyright is automatic upon creation. However you can't claim copyright on an outline, synopsis, or idea. ONLY the finished screenplay is subject to copyright. You can copyright the literal work of the synopsis, as in: how it's written, but not the idea.
