Dec 26, 2017
John and Craig offer advice to those who suspect their work has been stolen, providing a checklist to help determine if a claim has merit and suggestions for how to best proceed if it does.
We also answer listener questions about taxes on agent commission, being a conservative voice in a writers’ room, and using real celebrities as characters.
Links:
* Firelight,
the How Could This Be A Movie that is, indeed, a movie
* Amazon’s
deal for The Lord of the Rings TV rights
* Amanda Hess’ Twitter response
to Sarah Sahim’s accusation of plagiarism
* Nokia
Thermo
* Google
Maps’s Moat by Justin O’Beirne
* The Scriptnotes Listeners’
Guide!
*
The USB drives!
* John August on
Twitter
* Craig Mazin on
Twitter
* John on
Instagram
* Find past episodes
* Outro by
Matthew Chilleli and the Children’s Bell Choir of Akita (send us yours!)
Email us at ask@johnaugust.com
You can download the episode here.