[DeltAlum]

Just a quick note to UMGirl.

There was a thread on this several months ago when MTV began looking for a group to tape.

Some groups said that they would check with an attorney and get final control and decision making power over the final program and edit. That will never happen. No producer will ever agree to that. The deck is always stacked against the subject. Otherwise, the producer will scream "Prior Restraint" and "Censorship" and all of those other nasty buzz words. When you sign a release form, you've given up your rights unless you are liabled or slandered.

By the way, just a technical note -- these programs and this sorority were not "filmed." They were videotaped. There is a huge difference and it drives some of us TV professionals absolutely crazy -- although the common usage is "filmed," it is incorrect. Film costs too much, takes longer and is much harder to edit. Movies are filmed -- most TV is taped. Not that anyone else cares, but what the heck.

I'll also just say again, it's the producer and MTV who are the bad guys here -- not the Sigmas. Give them a break and get mad at the folks who pre-determined how this story was going to come out before the first scene was shot.