Conditions of Participation

Harvard Square Script Writers meetings are intended to provide a constructive and nurturing environment in the spirit of learning – for all participants. Members must therefore comply with the following rules regarding the submission of materials and must adhere to the guidelines outlined below pertaining to privacy and respect of intellectual property. Compliance with these guidelines is critical to being part of the HSSW community:

FOR AUTHORS SUBMITTING WORK

You warrant that the material you are submitting is your original work and that you have the full legal authority to present it publically.  If this is a work based on a story concept, memoir, novel or other adapted source or you attest that you are a co-writer (sharing credit with other authors), You moreover attest that you have the authority to be the representative of this work for purposes of critical review and coverage.

You recognize that HSSW may have access to and/or its members may create or have created literary materials and ideas which may be similar or identical to your submitted material in theme, idea, plot, format or other respects. You therefore agree that you will not be entitled to any compensation nor will have any legal recourse if another member of HSSW is developing content in a similar vein to your work.

If your submission has content that is deemed too inflammatory, incomplete, or offensive to allow for a meaningful educational experience in the judgement of the HSSW Board, you recognize that your work may be rejected for review.  In the event of this outcome, you may be asked to revise or withdraw the submitted material.

HSSW reserves the right to reject any material that it deems inappropriate, based on its editorial guidelines and professional standards.

You furthermore understand that no confidential relationship can be guaranteed by HSSW and that HSSW is not responsible for any ownership disputes about ideas or works.

To protect your intellectual property, you are aware that HSSW strongly recommends that you both copyright your work with the US Copyright Office and register it with the Writers Guild of America.

FOR MEETING PARTICIPANTS

As a participant you agree to provide respectful and constructive feedback to authors submitting their materials for review.

You understand that the plots, characters, themes, etc. unique to any script under consideration must be held in confidentiality to protect the author’s intellectual property.  You therefore agree to keep the contents of any HSSW review private and will not share the contents of the work outside of the HSSW review environment, unless express written permission has been granted by the presenting author or authors.

BY SIGNING UP FOR MEMBERSHIP YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS