FreePlays.org

If you think you own the rights to one of our plays

• Posting plays written by writing classes, storytelling societies, or other groups.  This is not only an excellent creative process, but also produces plenty of participants, willing to file affadavits stating that they created the work originally and independently of any published, copyrighted, or other person's work.
• Posting plays which are adaptations of, or based on, folks tales or ancient myths.
• Posting plays by individual authors with good reputations for originality, creativity, and shunning plagarism or infringement.
• Publishing information on the FreePlays.org site explaining how to avoid infringement, and strongly encouraging contributors not to infringe.
• Enlisting highly literate volunteers, familiar with modern fiction and drama, to find out for ourselves if a work is really original.
• Running statistical analysis software on submitted plays to determine if they seem to match known works.
  
• Running internet searches to determine if passages are "lifted" from texts searchable on the internet.
• Communicating with authors to make sure they understand our need to keep clean and avoid copyright hassles.
  

1. A physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest.
   
2. A copy of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed, or substantial excerpts of that work, or a citation where we may find the work for examination..
3. A description of where on FreePlays.org the material you claim is infringing is located.
4. A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.
   
5. A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or duly authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.

1. You are free to print, copy, read, use, modify, and perform these works without royalty.
2. If you distribute any of these works in any form (including recordings of performances), with or without modification, you must grant these same royalty-free rights.