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Confidential Disclosure Agreement: Certificate of Authorship

This confidential disclosure agreement establishes that a screenplay was written solely as a work-for-hire for a production company. It grants the production company perpetual worldwide rights to the screenplay, including rights to the title, characters, story and themes. The writer waives all moral rights and agrees not to assert any claims against assignees or successors of the production company regarding compensation. The production company can make any changes to the screenplay and assign its rights to third parties.

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Confidential Disclosure Agreement: Certificate of Authorship

This confidential disclosure agreement establishes that a screenplay was written solely as a work-for-hire for a production company. It grants the production company perpetual worldwide rights to the screenplay, including rights to the title, characters, story and themes. The writer waives all moral rights and agrees not to assert any claims against assignees or successors of the production company regarding compensation. The production company can make any changes to the screenplay and assign its rights to third parties.

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Confidential Disclosure Agreement

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORSHIP

This AGREEMENT (hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement") is made effective this _____
day of _______________, 200__ by and between ____________________, located at
________________________________________ (hereinafter referred to as the "Writer") and
NAME OF PRODUCTION COMPANY located at MAILING ADDRESS OF PRODUCTION
COMPANY (hereinafter referred to as the "Owner").

WITNESSETH:

In consideration of the respective covenants contained herein, the parties hereto, intending to
legally bound hereby, agree as follows:

1. That the screenplay entitled, "TITLE OF PRODUCTION", (hereinafter referred to as the


"Screenplay") and all literary material of all of the results and proceeds of Writer's services in
connection therewith, was written solely by the Writer as a work-for-hire, specifically
commissioned by the Owner for use in connection with the production of a motion picture to be
based thereon ("Picture"), with the Owner being deemed the author of the Screenplay.

2. That the Screenplay is wholly original and has not been adapted from any other literary,
dramatic or any other material of any kind or nature, excepting only incidental material which is
in the public domain throughout the world; that the Screenplay does not contain any material
which copies or uses the plot, scenes, sequences, story or characters of any other literary,
dramatic or other work; that the Screenplay does not infringe upon any statutory or common law
rights in any other literary, dramatic or other materials; that no material in the Screenplay is
libelous or violative of the rights of privacy of any other person and the full use of the rights in
the Screenplay herein granted to the Owner will not violate any rights of any person, firm or
corporation, and that the Screenplay is not in the public domain in any country in the world
where copyright protection is available.

3. That the Owner owns, throughout the world, in perpetuity, all right, title and interest in and to
the Screenplay and any and all parts thereof, including, but not limited to all motion picture
rights, television rights, video rights, publication rights and merchandising and commercial tie-
up rights. Such rights include all rights in and to the title by which the Screenplay is now, was or
may hereafter be known, the theme thereof and the characters, story, ideas and all other elements
therein contained or contained in any version thereof now or hereinafter created, sequel rights in
the Screenplay and the rights to secure copyrights in the Screenplay and any motion picture or
other use which is based in whole or in part upon the Screenplay in the name and of and for the
benefit of the Owner or otherwise.

4. That the Owner has the right, but not the obligation, to use the name of the Owner and/or the
name, likeness and biography of the Writer as the author(s) of the Screenplay on the screen and
in advertising and publicity in connection with the exploitation of any motion picture produced
which is based in whole, or in part, on the Screenplay or in connection with the exploitation of
any of the rights granted hereunder.

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Confidential Disclosure Agreement

5. That the Owner may make any changes in, deletions from, or additions to the Screenplay or
any photoplay, production or other material based on the Screenplay, which the Owner in its sole
discretion may consider necessary or desirable. The Writer expressly waives, for herself, her
heirs, assigns, executors and administrators all rights of "Droit Moral" or any similar right under
any law or legal principles.

6. That with respect to any compensation or other consideration due the Writer in connection
with the Screenplay or her services relating thereto, the Writer agrees to look solely to the Owner
and will not assert any claim or demand with respect thereto against any assignee, grantee or
successor in interest of the Owner.

7. That the Owner may assign, transfer, license, delegate or grant all or any part of the rights,
privileges and property relating to the Screenplay to any person, firm or corporation. This
Certificate of Authorship shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and to their respective
heirs, successors and assigns.

8. That in the event of any act or omission of the Owner or any successor of the Owner
constituting a violation or breach of the agreement between the Owner and the Writer, the Writer
shall be limited to remedies at law, if any, to obtain damages, and the Writer shall have no right
to rescind all or any portion of such agreement or to enjoin or restrain the distribution or
exploitation of the Picture or any material based in whole, or in part, upon the Screenplay.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the day and year
first above written.

AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED:

BY:
"WRITER"
<< FULL NAME >>

_____________________________
(an authorized signatory)

BY:
NAME OF OFFICER
NAME OF PRODUCTION COMPANY

_____________________________
NAME OF OFFICER, TITLE OF OFFICER

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