What process norms for delivering and managing script notes do guild or industry bodies state (who gives notes, how they are delivered, who may see assessments)?
Under the WGA's MBA-linked consultation rule, producers consult the writer on each set of requested revisions so notes are not sent unexplained, with a strong preference for one consolidated set of notes and, for long-form TV, network notes delivered to writer and producer together. New Zealand's SPADA guide asks collaborators to agree in advance who gives notes to whom, separates script consultants (feedback only) from editors (who modify), and keeps assessments confidential without the writer's permission. Different jurisdictions and contract regimes.
Under the WGA's MBA-linked consultation rule, producers consult the writer on each set of requested revisions so notes are not sent unexplained, with a strong preference for one consolidated set of notes and, for long-form TV, network notes delivered to writer and producer together. New Zealand's SPADA guide asks collaborators to agree in advance who gives notes to whom, separates script consultants (feedback only) from editors (who modify), and keeps assessments confidential without the writer's permission. Different jurisdictions and contract regimes.
Curator qualifications: Guidance documents read 2026-10-22; not legal or contractual advice.
Limitations: Guidance documents read 2026-10-22; not legal or contractual advice.
Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
Structured fields
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"url": "https://www.wga.org/uploadedfiles/know_your_rights/creative-rights.pdf",
"note": "WGA Creative Rights guide PDF, pp.15-16 Consultation About Requested Revisions; SPADA (NZ) Best Practice Guide v1 (August 2021) PDF"
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"url": "https://www.spada.co.nz/assets/Best-Practice-Guide-Version-1-August-2021.pdf",
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- [sourced_fact] Under the WGA's MBA-linked consultation rule, producers consult the writer on each set of requested revisions so notes are not sent unexplained, with a strong preference for one consolidated set of notes and, for long-form TV, network notes delivered to writer and producer together. New Zealand's SPADA guide asks collaborators to agree in advance who gives notes to whom, separates script consultants (feedback only) from editors (who modify), and keeps assessments confidential without the writer's permission. Different jurisdictions and contract regimes. · locator: WGA Creative Rights guide PDF, pp.15-16 Consultation About Requested Revisions; SPADA (NZ) Best Practice Guide v1 (August 2021) PDF source
Rights
| component | license | hosting | redistribution | modification | training | Evidence and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| documentation | unknown | permitted | permitted | unknown | unknown | Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources. |