ɹˈaɪɾɚz hˈɑːɹlən ˈɛlɪsən ænd bˈɛn bˈoʊvə fˈaɪld ɐ lˈɔːsuːt ɐɡˈɛnst pˈæɹəmˌaʊnt tˈɛlᵻvˌɪʒən, ˈɛkspˈæɹəmˌaʊnt ɛɡzˈɛk tˈɛɹi kˈiːɡən, ænd ˌeɪbˌiːsˈiːtˌiːvˈiː, ɐlˈɛdʒɪŋ ðæt fjˈuːtʃɚ kˈɑːp wʌz plˈeɪdʒɚɹˌaɪzd fɹʌm ðɛɹ ˈoʊn pˈɪtʃ fɚɹə tˌiːvˈiː sˈɪɹiz, wˌɪtʃ wʌz bˈeɪst ˌɔn ðɛɹ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti ʃˈɔːɹt stˈoːɹi "bɹˈɪloʊ."
Writers Harlan Ellison and Ben Bova filed a lawsuit against Paramount Television, ex-Paramount exec Terry Keegan, and ABC-TV, alleging that Future Cop was plagiarized from their own pitch for a TV series, which was based on their 1970 short story "Brillo."