Quentin Tarantino demanded to cancel Miramax’s lawsuit to ban the release of NFTs based on “Pulp Fiction”

The director claims that under the contract with the studio he has the rights to release any production related to his script

26.06.2022 - 08:00

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What’s new? American film director Quentin Tarantino has filed a petition in a Los Angeles court demanding that the Miramax movie studio's lawsuit to ban the release of NFT based on his “Pulp Fiction.” According to The Hollywood Reporter, the director said Miramax ignored the clear language spelled out in the agreement. Under contract with the studio, the rights to the script of the film are retained by Tarantino, and he can release any related products.

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More about what happened. Tarantino planned to release seven author's non-fungible tokens based on the cult movie. Each NFT was to contain a scene from “Pulp Fiction” and other extras. However, Miramax Studios, which produced the film, sued Tarantino for copyright infringement.

The director's lawyer, Bryan Freedman, noted that much of the content inside the tokens consisted of “the uncut first handwritten scripts of “Pulp Fiction”. According to Jeremy Goldman, a lawyer at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, a possible outcome of the case could be a decision that allows both parties to sell NFT based on their copyrights to the script, “Miramax with regard to the movie and Tarantino with regard to the screenplay.”

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