work for hire writer's contract
i want to hire a writer to write a screenplay for me and basically pay him a lump of money. then he/she will have no ties to the movie or script except his/her name on the credit as the writer. they will receive no royalties in the future. is there such a form or do i have to hire a lawyer to writer the form...
Re: work for hire writer's contract
I'm not ordinarily in favor of using forms, except where the Judicial Council requires them (for routine court filings), but this may be an appropriate circumstance. It seems pretty straightforward, especially if this deal is in the $10K area and not $100K and up. I'd go to a very large bricks-and-mortar bookstore and browse through the self-help law books covering law for authors, copyright, etc. and see if you can find either a tear-out fill-in-the-blanks form or a model contract that you can copy with non-substantive modifications to fit your needs.
