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Making sure your film's chain of title is clear
What chain of title means for a film — whether the production company can demonstrate it holds the rights to everything in the picture, starting with the screenplay — and why the moment it matters most is when you are trying to get distribution.
Filmtracts · 13 min · Intermediate · BIZ · Film Business · 2024
What you take away
- Chain of title is discovered at the point of sale, which is the worst possible time to find out you never had the rights to your own screenplay.
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