Editing The Terminator (section)

===Plagiarism and aftermath===
Writer [[Harlan Ellison]] stated that he "loved the movie, was just blown away by it,"{{sfn|Heard|1997|p=41}} but believed that the screenplay was based on a short story and episode of ''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]'' he had written, "[[Soldier (The Outer Limits)|Soldier]]", and threatened to sue for infringement.<ref name="Ellison">{{cite web |url=http://harlanellison.com/heboard/archive/bull0108.htm |title=The Ellison Bulletin Board |work=HarlanEllison.com |last=Ellison |first=Harlan |access-date=January 18, 2011 |archive-date=February 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180209160209/http://harlanellison.com/heboard/archive/bull0108.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=OkBut>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-07-07-ca-2720-story.html |title=IT'S MINE All Very Well and Good, but Don't Hassle the T-1000 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=July 7, 1991 | first=Andy | last=Marx|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320211424/http://articles.latimes.com/1991-07-07/entertainment/ca-2720_1_screen-credit|archive-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref> Orion settled in 1986, gave Ellison an undisclosed amount of money, and added an acknowledgment credit to later prints of the film.<ref name="Ellison"/> Some accounts of the settlement state that "[[Demon with a Glass Hand]]", another ''Outer Limits'' episode written by Ellison, was also claimed to have been plagiarized by the film,{{sfn|Heard|1997|p=77}}{{sfn|French|1996|p=16}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/arts/television/15evan.html?ref=movies |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |last=Evans |first=Greg |date=July 15, 2007 |title=It Came From the '60s, Cheesy but Influential |access-date=February 13, 2017 |archive-date=September 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911191255/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/arts/television/15evan.html?ref=movies |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/184939 |publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |last=Axmaker |first=Sean |title=The Terminator |access-date=January 28, 2011}}</ref> but Ellison explicitly stated that ''The Terminator'' "was a ripoff" of "Soldier" rather than of "Demon with a Glass Hand."<ref name="Ellison"/>

Cameron was against Orion's decision and was told that if he did not agree with the settlement, he would have to pay any damages if Orion lost a suit by Ellison. Cameron replied that he "had no choice but to agree with the settlement. Of course, there was a [[gag order]] as well, so I couldn't tell this story, but now I frankly don't care. It's the truth."{{sfn|Keegan|2009|pp=54–55}}