Script Publication Fee Clause Samples

Script Publication Fee. Company shall have the right to publish the Screenplay on videodiscs or videocassettes. A one-time fee of five thousand dollars ($5,000) in the aggregate shall be paid to the credited Writer(s) of the Picture as compensation for such publication right. The Script Publication Fee shall be due whether or not the Company chooses to exercise such right and whether or not the Company distributes the motion picture on videodisc or videocassette. The Script Publication Fee shall be paid through the Guild’s Residuals Department within thirty (30) days after the final determination of writing credit on the motion picture. The Script Publication Fee may not be prepaid nor may it be offset or credited against any other compensation. The payment of the Script Publication Fee and any exercise of this right on videodiscs or videocassettes shall not otherwise affect the Writer’s publication rights, if any. For films budgeted below five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), where the Company and Writer elect to defer the payment of the full applicable MBA minimum, and upon the Writer’s request, the Publication Fee may be deferred in accordance with Section 3 of this Agreement. All requests for deferral may be indicated on the “Writer Request for Application of the WGA Low Budget Agreement” form submitted by the Writer to the WGA. For films budgeted below two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), where the Company and Writer elect to pay 25% of the minimums specified in the WGA Schedule of Minimums, a Script Publication Fee is not required. For films budgeted between two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) and four hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine dollars ($499,999), where the Company and Writer elect to pay 50% of the minimums specified in the WGA Schedule of Minimums, a Script Publication Fee is not required.

Script Publication Fee. Company shall have the right publish the Screenplay on videodiscs or videocassettes. A one-time fee of five thousand dollars ($5,000) in the aggregate shall be paid to the credited Writer(s) of the Picture as compensation for such publication right. The Script Publication Fee shall be due whether or not the Company chooses to exercise such right and whether or not the Company distributes the motion picture on videodisc or videocassette. However, the Script Publication Fee may be deferred or waived by the Writer(s) who are performing writing services on or selling the Documentary Screenplay. All requests for deferrals or waivers may be indicated on the “Writer Request for Application of the WGA Low Budget Agreement” form submitted by the Writer(s) to the WGA. If the Script Publication Fee applies, such fee shall be paid through the Guild’s Residuals Department within thirty (30) days after the final determination of writing credit on the motion picture. The Script Publication Fee may not be prepaid nor may it be offset or credited against any other compensation. The payment of the Script Publication Fee and any exercise of this right on videodiscs or videocassettes shall not otherwise affect the Writer’s publication rights, if any.