Hello,
My writing partner and I have completed several drafts of an idea that was proposed by a producer that we have worked with in the past. Her concept was very simple in its premise. My partner and I have spent the last year doing the script, where this producer had only given feedback ONCE. It's been registered with the WGA to credit myself and my partner, but not her.
Now she's raising hell demanding that we give her a 'story by' credit and to contact the WGA and have it fixed. Her original idea / treatment does not remotely come close to what we have now and she never registered nor published anything on her end it prior to our own registration... as the writers.
My initial reaction is to say no to the credit. Partially because I resent her wanting any credit from our hard work, but most importantly, to protect our rights as writers with this original screenplay. Am I right, wrong, or somewhere in between? Any advice would be great.
My writing partner and I have completed several drafts of an idea that was proposed by a producer that we have worked with in the past. Her concept was very simple in its premise. My partner and I have spent the last year doing the script, where this producer had only given feedback ONCE. It's been registered with the WGA to credit myself and my partner, but not her.
Now she's raising hell demanding that we give her a 'story by' credit and to contact the WGA and have it fixed. Her original idea / treatment does not remotely come close to what we have now and she never registered nor published anything on her end it prior to our own registration... as the writers.
My initial reaction is to say no to the credit. Partially because I resent her wanting any credit from our hard work, but most importantly, to protect our rights as writers with this original screenplay. Am I right, wrong, or somewhere in between? Any advice would be great.
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