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                                      Register your TV format worldwide
 





                       
 
Why should you register your TV format?

It is very difficult to prove you sent your TV format to a producer or broadcasting company. Sending it by registered mail does not verify the 'content' of what you send, and companies do not always wish to sign a non-disclosure agreement or verify they received your work.

A Copyright sign '©' does not prevent people from copying your work, however, by having it registered you can prove - even in a court of law - that it was in your possession at a certain moment in time. The other party has to prove otherwise. Therefore it is essential you register your work in order to prove copyright.

What can you register:

  • TV Format
  • Synopses
  • Treatment
  • Script
  • Pilot
  • Film script
  • Drawings
  • Evidence of meetings


Tips:

  • Register your work right from the first draft.
  • Register every important development of your work.
  • Register your work before you meet with a producer or broadcast company.
  • When your TV format is finished try to think up different or new angels to the plot/format and register these. This will make it difficult for others to come up with other variations to your format.
  • Should anyone copy your work contact File-Reg immediately.
  • If you have no or little experience dealing with producers or broadcast companies contact 'Absolutely Independent', a company based in Amsterdam and specialized in negotiating, sale and distribution of television formats worldwide.