> It's also already possible to just hire some random person off the street, have them draft up a screenplay based on what an executive says, have them give up

> It's also already possible to just hire some random person off the street, have them draft up a screenplay based on what an executive says, have them give up their copyright, and send it off to a writer for "Adaption". I don't think this is true. Any studio that has signed on to the WGA collective bargaining agreement can only hire WGA members to write. I am sure studios would love to do that otherwise and pay the writer less. Here the WGA has identified a new potential way of this occurring and is protecting against it. https://www.romanolaw.com/2022/11/11/what-to-know-when-hiring-a-wga-writer/ https://www.romanolaw.com/2022/11/11/what-to-know-when-hirin...