How do first time movie writers ensure someone along the way won't get ripped off? Like say Jay in the mail room sees your scripts and develops it himself, what recourse is there against mail clerk?

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How do first time movie writers ensure someone along the way won't get ripped off? Like say Jay in the mail room sees your scripts and develops it himself, what recourse is there against mail clerk? - Lemmy.World

Lemmy

Your ideas aren’t original anyway. For every script that makes it to production, there’s another 1000 in the rejection pile that have the same basic story and probably a lot of similar dialog and jokes.

How does a first time chef ensure someone along the way doesn’t rip off their cheeseburger recipe?