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==== Other ==== Increasingly, ''reading copies'' of screenplays (that is, those distributed by producers and agencies in the hope of attracting finance or talent) are distributed printed on both sides of the paper (often professionally bound) to reduce paper waste. Occasionally they are reduced to half-size to make a small book which is convenient to read or put in a pocket; this is generally for use by the director or production crew during shooting. Although most writing contracts continue to stipulate physical delivery of three or more copies of a finished script, it is common for scripts to be delivered electronically via email. Electronic copies allow easier [[Copyright registration#Requirement of registration|copyright registration]] and also documenting "authorship on a given date".<ref name="zerner">{{Cite web|url=https://www.writersstore.com/wgaw-registration-vs-copyright-registration/|title=Writers Guild of America-West Registration vs. Copyright Registration|website=www.writersstore.com|access-date=2020-03-29|first=Larry |last=Zerner ESQ|quote=If the writer registers the script with the Copyright Office only '''after'''<!-- emphasis in original--> the infringement has taken place, '''he will be barred from recovering attorneys fees or statutory damages in the lawsuit.'''}}</ref> Authors can register works with the [[Writers Guild of America West]] (WGAW) Registry,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wgawregistry.org/|title=WGA West Registry|publisher=[[Writers Guild of America West]]|access-date=2020-03-29|quote=Any file may be registered to assist you in documenting the creation of your work. Some examples of registerable material include scripts, treatments, synopses, and outlines... The WGAW Registry also accepts stageplays, novels, books, short stories, poems, commercials, lyrics, drawings, music and various media work such as Web series, code, and other digital content.}}</ref> and even [[TV format|television formats]] using the [[Format Recognition and Protection Association|FRAPA]]'s system.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://writersguild.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/WGGB-Film-Booklet.pdf#page=11|title=Writing Film : A Good Practice Guide|author1=Sonia Castang|author2=Richard Deakin|author3=Tony Forster|author4=Andrea Gibb|author5=Olivia Hetreed (Chair)|author6=Guy Hibbert|author7=Kathy Hill|author8=Terry James|author9=Line Langebek|author10=Dominic Minghella|author11=Phil Nodding|author12=Phil O’Shea|author13=Sam Snape|date=April 2016|publisher=[[Writers' Guild of Great Britain|Writers’ Guild of Great Britain]]|access-date=29 March 2020|page=11|quote=In the UK there is no legal necessity to register your work – copyright is automatic. Registration is more important if you intend to offer your work to overseas producers. The Writers Guild of America in New York and Los Angeles offer a cheap and easy-to-use internet-based script registration system that involves uploading a digital copy. If you are offering your work in the USA you should also register it with the US Copyright Office – if you don’t, your right to legal damages for copyright infringement may be much reduced.}}</ref><ref name="ricolfi2011">{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602084944/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/meetings/en/2011/wipo_cr_doc_ge_11/pdf/survey_private_crdocystems.pdf#page=24|archive-date=2 June 2013|url=https://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/meetings/en/2011/wipo_cr_doc_ge_11/pdf/survey_private_crdocystems.pdf#page=24|publisher=[[World Intellectual Property Organization]]|last1=Ricolfi|first1=Marco|last2=Morando|first2=Federico|last3=Rubiano|first3=Camilo|last4=Hsu|first4=Shirley|last5=Ouma|first5=Marisella|last6=De Martin|first6=Juan Carlos|date=September 9, 2011|title=Survey of Private Copyright Documentation Systems and Practices|url-status=live|access-date=29 March 2020|quote=Established in 1927, Writers Guild of America, West Registry (WGAWR) is one of the oldest private copyright registries.|page=24}} [https://nexa.polito.it/survey-private-crdocystems Alt URL]</ref>
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