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Any sort of rating system is prone to failure or ineffectiveness by all parties involved. ''Script coverage'' may suffer from the regular problematics of [[bureaucracy|bureaucracies]] as well as a system of reportage that is too removed from the actual material at hand. The internal rules of a production company are thus taken into play: the search for new material is often side-tracked by a tendency towards familiar material and safer genres.{{Fact|date=October 2007}}

On the writer's side, a thorough knowledge of the business of production and script coverage mechanisms, (say, from reading this article), may yield a screenplay that has been tailored for acceptance rather than fresh ideas.

The above controversy assumes that production companies and script readers are seeking fresh ideas, which is commonly not the case. ''Script coverage'' makes reading easier, and is popularly a business venture. On the other hand, the aforementioned conclusion about tailor-made screenplays have been seen as [[reactionary]] because formulaic scripts are not the fault of the film industry, but of screenwriters who are looking towards formula for acceptance by production elements, instead of fresh ideas and creative writing.