Script Trading = Illegal?

[Moviequill]

Re: Script Trading = Illegal?

I had no idea screenwriters did the casting couch thing.

what I will do for a read will officially remain a secret

[j over]

Re: Script Trading = Illegal?

Just don't go too wide in your trading..

Keep it small, restricted to other scribes on here.

Don't trade on sites which are for obvious lamer consumption such as IMDB. There are a lot of lamers who visit that resource despite it's usefulness.

Don't feed an obsessive compulsive trading behavior in yourself, keep your feet firmly on the ground and your head out of your ass! (have a reality-check in other words) You can only read so many and that's really what they're supposed to be for.. If you're trading for the hell of it just to have them because it's the latest sh(i)t hot flick being shot then more fool you! I know there's some collectors on here but they're different, they tend to keep it quiet they don't shout about it!!

I'm interested in reading screenplays myself, I even buy them from time to time but I'm not obsessed with it.. I read to assist my own research into my own screenwriting.

Keep a low-profile and you'll find you won't get any hassle.

You listening J over?

...You done making fun of me yet?

[Kevan]

Re: Script Trading = Illegal?

...You done making fun of me yet?

J Over, I'm not making fun of you man..

Just want you to be careful and not get in to any trouble..

Your a member of this little trading group and we think a lot about you..

We care, you know..

[j over]

Re: Script Trading = Illegal?

J Over, I'm not making fun of you man..

Just want you to be careful and not get in to any trouble..

Your a member of this little trading group and we think a lot about you..

We care, you know..

I was being sarcastic but thanks for the kind words. That whole IMDb-related incident is the only time I've ever gotten noticed in the negative-sense of the word for sharing scripts.

[Kevan]

Re: Script Trading = Illegal?

I was being sarcastic but thanks for the kind words. That whole IMDb-related incident is the only time I've ever gotten noticed in the negative-sense of the word for sharing scripts.

Personally I don't think you've got anything to worry about.. Sure it's not nice when you receive an email like that, tends to make you feel crappy..

It's not as if you're trading these scripts for monetary gain and whatnot. I mean you indulge in trading because you're a writer, you want to read the scripts and use the scripts as bargaining tools to gain more so you can read more.. Nothing more nothing less.. Simple math.. Not money but for gaining something which you cannot buy, knowledge and a comprehending of a thing. Just so happens that this "thing" is "screenwriting"..

So when the script police next come knocking on your door, tell them their mothers were born of hamsters. their fathers smell of bats piss, that they are food trough water and they are silly English knigigits.. And then fart in their general direction.. And for God's sake, if they ask you if you've seen the Holy Grail tell them you are not interested as you already have one...