The Screenwriter's Guide to AI: WGA Protections, Protecting Your Work, Copyright & Contracts

Learn from an entertainment attorney negotiating groundbreaking genAI deals with Google, Adobe, and major studios for clients like Boardwalk Pictures and Image Nation!

Get a downloadable handout walking you through the full protection stack—from copyright and WGA registration to contract clauses that keep your work safe!

PLEASE NOTE: This exclusive Stage 32 webinar is now available to watch on-demand and no longer live.

Artificial intelligence has moved from a distant industry concern to a daily reality for every screenwriter, and how you navigate it now will shape the rest of your career. Whether you're actively using AI tools in your process or steering clear of them entirely, you can no longer afford to be uninformed about how these technologies interact with your rights, your contracts, and your creative ownership. This webinar gives you the clarity you need to move forward with confidence instead of guesswork.

If you're like most writers, you've probably wondered whether AI is coming for your job—or worse, whether it's already been trained on your work without your knowledge or consent. That uncertainty is fair. You're navigating a landscape where AI companies gather training data in ways that aren't always transparent, where shadow libraries and piracy have played a real role in model development, and where the platforms you use to share your own work may claim broader rights over it than you realize. On top of that, you're expected to understand the difference between copyright registration and WGA registration, know what protections you're entitled to as a WGA member, and figure out whether a script you wrote with AI assistance is even eligible for copyright at all. That's a lot to carry alone—which is exactly why this session exists.

You'll be learning directly from Anthony Glukhov, an entertainment attorney whose practice sits right at the intersection of content creation and genAI dealmaking. Anthony represents production companies like Boardwalk Pictures, Image Nation, Imagine Documentaries, and Park Pictures, guiding their projects through every stage from development to distribution. He also advises preeminent genAI-native studios like Promise Studios, and leads dealmaking with major studios and networks on groundbreaking collaborations with genAI foundational model providers like Google and Adobe—giving him a front-row seat to exactly how these deals get structured. His insight has been featured in the LA Times and at multiple Digital Hollywood panels, and he currently teaches the implications of genAI on U.S. Copyright Law as an Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law. Anthony doesn't just understand the legal theory—he's in the room negotiating these exact issues for working creatives like you.

In this session, you'll get a clear picture of where AI training data actually comes from, the major copyright lawsuits currently shaping the industry, and how copyright and WGA registration work together to protect your material. You'll learn what your WGA agreement actually guarantees you around AI, whether an AI-assisted script can be copyrighted, and the practical steps—from watermarked PDFs to airtight contract language—that keep your work safe. You'll also walk away with a printable handout covering your full protection stack, so you can put what you learn into practice immediately. By the end of this webinar, you'll walk away knowing exactly how to protect your work, strengthen your contracts, and use AI as a tool that works for you—not against you.

PLUS! You will receive this handout to help you:

• Steps to Protect Yourself and Your Work
  
  
  

Praise from attendees: 

“Great presentation.” — Rodgers W.

“I am recommending my co-worker to take this course. He uses too much AI.” — Sheryl D.

“I thought Anthony was very knowledgeable about this subject of AI — both the issues with authors using it as well as authors protecting their work.” — Nick C.

“I was grateful to have my question answered.” — Martha C.