LOS
ANGELES — Quentin Tarantino filed a suit against Gawker Media, accusing
the web news service of illegally posting on its Defamer site a link to
his unproduced script titled “The Hateful Eight,” The Hollywood Reporter said on Monday.
ANGELES — Quentin Tarantino filed a suit against Gawker Media, accusing
the web news service of illegally posting on its Defamer site a link to
his unproduced script titled “The Hateful Eight,” The Hollywood Reporter said on Monday.
Gawker quickly responded
with a post defending its posting of the link, saying Mr. Tarantino had
turned the script into a legitimate news story by calling attention to
its circulation after he had shown it to a small group of Hollywood
associates.
Mr. Tarantino had said he might scrap the planned film based on the script, a Western, because of that leak.
The
suit, which accused Gawker of facilitating copyright infringement, was
filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of
California in Los Angeles. Mr. Tarantino is represented by Martin Singer, a lawyer known for fiercely defending the interests of celebrities who believe they have been wronged.
suit, which accused Gawker of facilitating copyright infringement, was
filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of
California in Los Angeles. Mr. Tarantino is represented by Martin Singer, a lawyer known for fiercely defending the interests of celebrities who believe they have been wronged.
