Some info

Just thought I'd throw in some mildly useful info.
Now that scripts are going out, some of you may be concerned about protection. If someone wants to lift your script, there's little that can really prevent them. Unless there's big money involved, you'd be better off just mailing the offending party a stinker, instead of calling a lawyer. We don't have agents. We don't have easy publication set ups. We barely have legal coverage. So...
Basics. You need to fixate the script in a definitive version and fix the date of creation. Write the date of completion on your script. Slap a Copyright symbol on the script with the date and add your name and contact details. You can also put - All rights reserved ... or ... Not to be copied, or distributed without the author's permission. You can then e-mail a copy to your self as proof of the date of fixation. Or you can send a registered post to yourself.
I also find that .pdfs are safer for scripts that you are sending out electronically. Try not to send out word docs as they can be easily modified and copied (unless password protected, encrypted or read only docs). Pdfs aren't pilfer-proof, but they make the copying a bit irritating. (You can simply disable the copy paste function while publishing the pdf, so recipients can't just select text and transfer to word doc.) There are work arounds, but the irritant factor is the first barrier you are throwing up.
This is the minimum safety that you can put in place at this stage. Anyway ... more later.
I'll get Anu to post links on quick templates that take care of your stage-play formatting for you. And any other resources that I can dig up.
Take care all.