Hasraf ‘Haz’ Dulull has been working in the entertainment industry for two decades. Starting off in video-games and transitioning into the role of compositor, then VFX Supervisor and Producer, Haz…
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Zara Meerza is a British – Indian filmmaker, journalist, and screenwriter based in Los Angeles. This past year, she won the inaugural ScreenCraft Public Domain Screenwriting Competition, with her Pilot…
January 1st, 2019 – a day dubbed “Public Domain Day” by originators Wallace McLean, a public domain activist, and Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig – saw the release of over…
With some imaginative reworking, an existing Intellectual Property (IP) available in the public domain can be spun into material that’s fresh and new. Working off an existing IP offers writers…
Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the opinion for the unanimous decision that overturns circuit courts’ previous rulings on whether a copyright registrant can file suit before the registration is fully processed…
Yellow by Zara Meerza has been selected as the grand prize winner of the inaugural ScreenCraft Public Domain Competition. A pilot set at the end of the 19th century as…
We’re excited to feature the ten scripts listed below that comprise the finalists of the 2018 ScreenCraft Public Domain Screenplay Contest. This competition highlights Hollywood’s longstanding tradition of adaptations based on…
This past fall, guest contributor and entertainment attorney Christopher Schiller wrote the piece 5 Things Screenwriters Should Know About Public Domain. Since then, we have launched our 2018 Public Domain Screenwriting Competition….
