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May 23, 1988
Steve Powell
15 South Quarantina Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
Dear Steve,
Thank you for your letter and tape, which we viewed
at the
end of last week.
First of all, let me tell you that there were some
very
amusing moments, and that your work is well done. Your
editing is superb, and your sound effects editors have
a
great sense of humor as well as timing.
However in spite of that, you will never be able to
sell
copies of this. Not only would you have to pay all
of the
actors for each episode that you have clips from (not
only
the main cast but every guest star as well), you would
also
have to pay the writers, directors and producers.
You would also have to take out anything that either
the
studio or the cast found offensive, and I'm afraid
that you
would be cutting out a great deal of your material.
I would keep it as a fun project that won't go anywhere,
and
maybe take it to conventions to show it for fun. But
if you
show it for profit, or copy it and sell it, I'm afraid
you
will have the studio's legal department coming after
you.
Again, thank you for sending it this way, and thank
you for
your interest in Star Trek.
Sincerely,
Richard Arnold