Editing Harlan Ellison (section)

===Copyright suits===
In a 1980 lawsuit against [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[Paramount Pictures]], Ellison and [[Ben Bova]] claimed that the TV series ''[[Future Cop (TV series)|Future Cop]]'' was based on their short story "Brillo", winning a $337,000 judgement.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jncRAAAAIBAJ&pg=6726%2C264576 |title=Two sci-fi writers given damages in copyright infringement lawsuit |work=Eugene Register-Guard |access-date=June 17, 2014 |agency=UPI |issue=May 1, 1980 |archive-date=April 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401221529/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jncRAAAAIBAJ&pg=6726%2C264576 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Ellison alleged that [[James Cameron]]'s film ''[[The Terminator]]'' drew from material from an episode of the original ''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|Outer Limits]]'' which Ellison had scripted, "[[Soldier (The Outer Limits)|Soldier]]" (1964). [[Hemdale Film Corporation|Hemdale]], the production company and the distributor [[Orion Pictures]], settled out of court for an undisclosed sum and added a credit to the film which acknowledged Ellison's work.<ref name="LATimes">{{Cite news |last=Marx |first=Andy |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 |date=July 7, 1991 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=June 29, 2018 |archive-date=October 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012075349/http://articles.latimes.com/1991-07-07/entertainment/ca-2720_1_screen-credit |url-status=live }}</ref> Cameron objected to this acknowledgement and has since labeled Ellison's claim a "nuisance suit".<ref name=TheFuturist /> Some accounts of the settlement state that another ''Outer Limits'' episode written by Ellison, "[[Demon with a Glass Hand]]" (1964), was also claimed to have been plagiarized by the film, but Ellison stated that "''Terminator'' was not stolen from 'Demon with a Glass Hand,' it was a ripoff of my OTHER Outer Limits script, 'Soldier.{{' "}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://harlanellison.com/heboard/archive/bull0108.htm |title=The Ellison Bulletin Board: Comments Archive&nbsp;— 07/31/01 to 08/27/01 |last=Ellison |first=Harlan |date=August 12, 2001 |website=harlanellison.com |publisher=Harlan Ellison |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180209160209/http://harlanellison.com/heboard/archive/bull0108.htm |archive-date=February 9, 2018 |access-date=February 9, 2018}}</ref>

In 1983, [[Marvel Comics]] released ''[[The Incredible Hulk (comic book)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' #286, entitled "Hero", written by [[Bill Mantlo]]. Three issues later, Marvel put up a letter claiming that Mantlo adapted "Soldier" for use as a Hulk story, but they forgot to credit Ellison and it was pointed out by readers. In actuality, then-Editor-in-Chief [[Jim Shooter]] signed off on the story, not having seen the ''Outer Limits'' episode it was based on and not realizing Mantlo copied it wholesale. The day the issue went to stands, he was contacted by an angry Ellison, who calmed down after Shooter admitted the error. Although he could have claimed hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages, Ellison only requested the same payment Mantlo got for the story, writer's credit and a lifetime subscription to everything Marvel published.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/hulk-harlan-ellison-soldier-credit/ |title=When Marvel 'Forgot' To Credit Harlan Ellison for a Comic |last=Cronan |first=Brian |date=June 29, 2018 |website=cbr.com |access-date=December 25, 2019 |archive-date=December 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225054117/https://www.cbr.com/hulk-harlan-ellison-soldier-credit/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On April 24, 2000, Ellison sued Stephen Robertson for posting four stories to the [[usenet newsgroup]] "alt.binaries.e-book" without authorization. The other defendants were [[AOL]] and RemarQ, an [[internet service provider]] who owned servers hosting the newsgroup. Ellison alleged they had failed to halt copyright infringement in accordance with the "Notice and Takedown Procedure" outlined in the 1998 [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]]. Robertson and RemarQ first settled with Ellison, and then AOL likewise settled with Ellison in June 2004, under conditions that were not made public. Since those settlements Ellison initiated legal action or takedown notices against more than 240 people who have allegedly distributed his writings on the Internet, saying, "If you put your hand in my pocket, you'll drag back six inches of bloody stump".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rich |first=Motoko |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/technology/internet/12digital.html |title=Print Books Are Target of Pirates on the Web |date=May 12, 2009 |work=The New York Times |access-date=May 10, 2009 |archive-date=May 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512184016/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/technology/internet/12digital.html |url-status=live }}</ref>