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    From Dr. Jai Maharaj@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 13 17:08:42 2015
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    These Screenwriting Controversies Turned Ugly When
    Screenwriters Were Screwed Out Of Credit

    By Dustin Rowles
    uproxx.com
    Thursday, August 13, 2015

    Some of you may not realize that there's a very
    complicated and almost universally disliked system for
    assigning screenwriting credit on a movie. The process
    itself is ugly but fascinating, and often leaves writers
    who spend a lot of time on screenplays out in the cold.
    This is not a small deal, either. A screenwriting credit
    comes not only with your name on the movie poster and on
    IMDb, but potentially huge sums of money in residuals. If
    the Writer's Guild Association doesn't put your name on a
    screenplay, you get no money.

    The thing is: The way that screenwriters are assigned
    credit on screenplays often doesn't make any sense, and
    when disputes arise, the WGA assigns three arbitrators to
    determine credit. The arbitration rules, however, often
    don't make much sense, either, and, in many cases,
    writers who weren't necessarily huge contributors to a
    screenplay get sole credit, while those who made the most
    contributions can often get no credit at all.

    Here are 13 incidents where screenwriting disputes led to
    what many would argue are unfair results.

    Continues at:

    http://uproxx.com/movies/2015/08/screenwriting-controversies/#page/1

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