Very surreal and very illegal!

Here is a copy and paste of one studio «submission policy» found on their website, I have changed the name of the studio for legal issues.


Our studio has a policy that it does not accept or consider any unsolicited materials, ideas or suggestions of any nature, including, but not only, scripts, script ideas, original artworks etc (Unsolicited Materials). This is to avoid any misunderstandings if your ideas are similar to those that our studio independently develops. Accordingly, you may not use this website, or information obtained from this website, to submit Unsolicited Materials to our studio by any means (including, but not only, by post, fax or email).


Note from Jordan: As you see the first paragraph is the surreal thing (for those who are unfamiliar with it)…Apparently they are very afraid of being sued by the writers! (lol) They don’t even accept suggestions!

Interesting note: «You can’t submit to this studio by post, fax, or emails…» but apparently you can use a pigeon to carry your query letters! Since it’s not stated in the paragraph as an improper way for them!


More seriously: The second paragraph is scandalous and completely illegal!


If you do, regardless of this prohibition, send Unsolicited Materials to our studio, you do so upon the understanding, and you will be deemed to agree, that: (a) there is no obligation on our studio to treat the Unsolicited Materials as confidential; (b) there is no agreement at all between you and our studio (whether in relation to any consideration of the Unsolicited Materials, credit, compensation or otherwise); and (c) our studio and its associated entities, and their successors and assigns, are entitled to use and disclose the Unsolicited Materials without any liability (including, but not only, for credit or compensation) to you or any other person.


Completely illegal! No one can use a copyrighted material without prior consent of the author! Under no circumstances

This paragraph has no legal value, to have a legal value the clause must be signed by the author of the «unsolicited material» who consents to «donate» his idea to the studio…Moreover, the author can sue them for using his copyrighted material without his permission and the good news… he will win! After all, he is not supposed to visit their website before submitting his work! Studios contact info can be found on books, magazines, etc…Not only by visiting their website.