At the festival each year we run a legal clinic with lawyer Julian Wilkins. Slots are by application and a number of questions get asked repeatedly, so we thought we would ask Julian these questions as a podcast you can listen to here.
The most common legal questions are…
- I have a great idea for a story – what can I do, if anything, to protect my idea?
- What is an Option and how does it operate in practice?
- Should I get independent advice about any Option with a Producer or Production Company?
- What are the pitfalls about writing a script based upon a real event or person?
- What are the legal pitfalls of co-writing?
See you at the festival.
Chris Jones
www.LondonSWF.com
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Posted by a member of the London Screenwriters’ Festival team.
