I read the first few dozen pages of the “Contact” screenplay, and that’s definitely an early draft. It’s nothing like the opening of the real film.
Show HN: I have built a library of screenplays for movies and TV shows
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#82One of the things that sucks about this is that the publishing rights for all of the original, non-ip based scripts and TV scripts are actually controlled by the writers and show creators. So it’s individual writers, not big corporations that you are actually distributing the work of without compensation. You might say but this is fair use / you aren’t charging or profiting… it’s not fair use and I think actually you…
In the same vein I would argue that authors need to pay for the hard work of this gentleman distributing their work. they are profiting from the publicity for free
Re: Show HN: I have built a library of screenplays for movies and TV shows
#83One of the things that sucks about this is that the publishing rights for all of the original, non-ip based scripts and TV scripts are actually controlled by the writers and show creators. So it’s individual writers, not big corporations that you are actually distributing the work of without compensation. You might say but this is fair use / you aren’t charging or profiting… it’s not fair use and I think actually you…
Humans are mostly driven by feelings. Even their thoughts are driven by feelings. That's why there is such a broad support for copyright violations. "Oh wow, free stuff! This feels good! This is good!".
Re: Show HN: I have built a library of screenplays for movies and TV shows
#84One of the things that sucks about this is that the publishing rights for all of the original, non-ip based scripts and TV scripts are actually controlled by the writers and show creators. So it’s individual writers, not big corporations that you are actually distributing the work of without compensation. You might say but this is fair use / you aren’t charging or profiting… it’s not fair use and I think actually you…
Humans are mostly driven by feelings. Even their thoughts are driven by feelings. That's why there is such a broad support for copyright violations. "Oh wow, free stuff! This feels good! This is good!".
These are screenplays. Normally they would stay in a drawer forever and nobody would see them. That's what the writers expect. Now they have a new life, and maybe the writers have new opportunities too.
Re: Show HN: I have built a library of screenplays for movies and TV shows
#85great addition to imsdb.com
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#86Yeah this is not legal. It might be the top post here, but all works are copyrighted.
I'm hoping I won't get into too much trouble, since: - The intention of this library is to be a free educational resource for screenwriters, it's just a hobby project that I'm not making any money off of. - I'm simply collecting and organizing the screenplays that are freely available online already (just with a nicer UI/UX, and with more convenient searching/sorting/filtering functionality). - On the about page I ha…
> I'm simply collecting and organizing the screenplays that are freely available online already (just with a nicer UI/UX, and with more convenient searching/sorting/filtering functionality).
You're also redistributing them.
I have no idea if this is fair use or not, but redistributing might increase your risk. It'd be better if you could link to some other source.
Re: Show HN: I have built a library of screenplays for movies and TV shows
#87Those are not final screenplays, apparently. They may be early versions before the final ones, judging from the first one for Breaking Bad
Screenplays are different from scripts right? The screenplay an episode or movie is based off of may be significantly different from the script and the final product.
Screenplays are the interface, scripts are the implementation.
Re: Show HN: I have built a library of screenplays for movies and TV shows
#88See also: http://www.script-o-rama.com/
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#89I've heard of famous writers re-writing their favorite authors works by hand and I've fantasized about having more time to do that with my favorite tv shows/movies. For me I'd probably start with "Community" and see if I can absorb/train my neural net to be an iota as clever.
The two authors I have heard of doing this are Joan Didion (who typed out entire Hemingway novels) and Hunter S Thompson (who did the same, using both Hemingway and F Scott Fitzgerald as models). I always wondered if they arrived at this seemingly not very efficiient method independently, or if there was some antecedent. Do you know of any others?
https://earlybirdbooks.com/books-that-inspire-joan-didion
https://www.openculture.com/2017/06/hunter-s-thompson-typed-...
Re: Show HN: I have built a library of screenplays for movies and TV shows
#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
Humans are mostly driven by feelings. Even their thoughts are driven by feelings. That's why there is such a broad support for copyright violations. "Oh wow, free stuff! This feels good! This is good!".
These are screenplays. Normally they would stay in a drawer forever and nobody would see them. That's what the writers expect. Now they have a new life, and maybe the writers have new opportunities too.
The screenwriters union fought for and negotiated for the right to own the publishing for their screenplays. Many writers of notable films have been able to use these writes to publish their scripts in book form to supplement their personal income.
Here’s before sunrise at Barnes and Noble for $18 https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/before-sunrise-and-before-s...
It’s also available for “free” at https://screenplays.io/script/before-sunrise