Tarantino Drops Gawker Lawsuit Over The Hateful Eight Script Leak
One week after filing a second complaint against Gawker, Tarantino has voluntarily dismissed the suit.
Quentin Tarantino has suddenly dropped his lawsuit against Gawker Media over linking to the leaked script for The Hateful Eight. Only a week after amending the lawsuit [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/134183-Tarantinos-Going-After-Gawker-Again-Hateful-Eight-Suit-Re-filed], Tarantino has voluntarily dismissed the complaint. The dismissal motion states that the dismissal is made without prejudice, meaning that Tarantino could re-file again later, but for now the legal battle is over.
Tarantino was livid over the adding the claim [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/131564-Quentin-Tarantino-Halts-The-Hateful-Eight-Over-Script-Leak] that Gawker itself had infringed on his copyright by downloading the screenplay.
Gawker had made no response to the amended claim before Tarantino's voluntary dismissal. The dismissal motion states, "This dismissal is made without prejudice, whereby Plaintiff may later advance an action and refile a complaint after further investigations to ascertain and plead the identities of additional infringers resulting from Gawker Media's contributory copyright infringement, by its promotion, aiding and abetting and materially contributing to the dissemination to third-parties of unauthorized copies of Plaintiff's copyrighted work." The reasons behind the dismissal are unknown. It's possible that Tarantino's lawyers believe that there is not enough evidence to prove their claims, that further investigation was needed, or that Tarantino would rather focus his efforts on bringing The Hateful Eight to film. After a successful live script reading last month, Tarantino has said he intends to film it [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/133873-Tarantino-Will-Film-Hateful-Eight-After-All-Update], albeit with a revised script and new ending.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/quentin-tarantino-withdraws-lawsuit-gawker-702249/]
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One week after filing a second complaint against Gawker, Tarantino has voluntarily dismissed the suit.
Quentin Tarantino has suddenly dropped his lawsuit against Gawker Media over linking to the leaked script for The Hateful Eight. Only a week after amending the lawsuit [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/134183-Tarantinos-Going-After-Gawker-Again-Hateful-Eight-Suit-Re-filed], Tarantino has voluntarily dismissed the complaint. The dismissal motion states that the dismissal is made without prejudice, meaning that Tarantino could re-file again later, but for now the legal battle is over.
Tarantino was livid over the adding the claim [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/131564-Quentin-Tarantino-Halts-The-Hateful-Eight-Over-Script-Leak] that Gawker itself had infringed on his copyright by downloading the screenplay.
Gawker had made no response to the amended claim before Tarantino's voluntary dismissal. The dismissal motion states, "This dismissal is made without prejudice, whereby Plaintiff may later advance an action and refile a complaint after further investigations to ascertain and plead the identities of additional infringers resulting from Gawker Media's contributory copyright infringement, by its promotion, aiding and abetting and materially contributing to the dissemination to third-parties of unauthorized copies of Plaintiff's copyrighted work." The reasons behind the dismissal are unknown. It's possible that Tarantino's lawyers believe that there is not enough evidence to prove their claims, that further investigation was needed, or that Tarantino would rather focus his efforts on bringing The Hateful Eight to film. After a successful live script reading last month, Tarantino has said he intends to film it [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/133873-Tarantino-Will-Film-Hateful-Eight-After-All-Update], albeit with a revised script and new ending.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/quentin-tarantino-withdraws-lawsuit-gawker-702249/]
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