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!

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
  
  
  

What You'll Learn

How AI Models Get Their Training Data (and Why It Matters to You)

• Where today's AI models get their training data.

• Shadow libraries and the role piracy has played in AI development.

• Why scraping public websites is more complicated—and less valuable—than many assume.

• The broad rights many online platforms claim over uploaded content.

Understanding the Current Copyright Landscape

• The biggest legal questions surrounding AI and copyright.

• The landmark AI copyright lawsuits shaping the industry.

• Bartz v. Anthropic: Transformative use vs. pirated training data.

• Kadrey v. Meta: Why the plaintiffs have not prevailed yet and what it means moving forward.

Copyright Registration vs. WGA Registration

• The purpose and benefits of each.

• Key differences between copyright and WGA registration.

• Why both matter.

• When and how to use each effectively.

AI Protections Under the WGA Agreement

• Current WGA protections for members regarding AI.

• Whether writers can be required to use AI.

• Voluntary AI use and its impact on ownership and credit.

Can You Copyright an AI-Assisted Script?

• The U.S. Copyright Office's human authorship requirement.

• How AI-assisted writing affects copyright eligibility.

• Recent Copyright Office guidance and key legal rulings.

• Protecting your copyright while using AI tools.

Practical Steps You Can Take to Protect Your Work

• Locked and watermarked PDFs.

• Finding and tracing script leaks.

• Anti-scraping strategies.

• Responsible AI practices that protect your work.

Protecting Yourself Through Contracts and NDAs

• Contract provisions to pay close attention to.

• Rights you should avoid giving away.

• Clauses and protections to include in agreements and NDAs.

Additional Ways to Protect Your Intellectual Property

• Whether ideas can be legally protected.

• Digital replicas and the right of publicity.

• Additional strategies for safeguarding your creative work in the AI era.

• Screenwriters of all levels who want to understand how AI impacts their rights, their contracts, and their ability to copyright their work.
• WGA members and aspiring WGA members who want to know exactly what protections they're entitled to when it comes to AI.
• Writers currently using—or considering using—AI tools in their process who want to protect their work while staying studio- and network-compliant.
• Any creative who has ever worried about their scripts being scraped, leaked, or used to train AI models without their consent.