You can get away with placing a copyright symbol, the date and your name on your script to copyright it. According to Australian copyright law, a work is protected automatically from the time it is first written down or recorded in some way, as long as it is your own.Some organisations, such as the Australian Writer’s Guild, also provide addition protection for a fee.
Jim T :
You should contact the writers guild for a definitive answer. I have heard of people posting a copy to themselves which is sealed and not opened, and keeping the paperwork so you can show it existed at a certain date.
You can get away with placing a copyright symbol, the date and your name on your script to copyright it. According to Australian copyright law, a work is protected automatically from the time it is first written down or recorded in some way, as long as it is your own.Some organisations, such as the Australian Writer’s Guild, also provide addition protection for a fee.
You should contact the writers guild for a definitive answer. I have heard of people posting a copy to themselves which is sealed and not opened, and keeping the paperwork so you can show it existed at a certain date.