Quentin Tarantino (Gage Skidmore Photo)
Quentin Tarantino has asked a California court to dismiss a copyright lawsuit filed by Mirmax against his NFT project “Pulp Fiction.” The director’s legal team has filed a motion for a verdict alleging that the film company’s claims fall short. The movie Pulp Fiction is a derivative of the script, not the other way around, they emphasize.
The popularity of unchangeable tokens, abbreviated NFT, has reached new highs over the past year. It also caught the attention of celebrities, some of whom agreed to link their names and creations to these digital collectibles.
Last fall, Quentin Tarantino also joined. The film’s director has announced that he will be auctioning off “Pulp Fiction” NFT shows to the public. These NFTs will develop handwritten scripts and exclusive custom commentary from Tarantino, assets that may prove valuable to collectors.
Not everyone was happy with this program. The Miramax film studio, which holds the majority of the rights to the film, considers the program a breach of contract and copyright infringement. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in California last November, the film company accused the director of trying to make money on something he did not have full rights to.
“Eager to profit from the unchangeable momentum (‘NFT’), as widely reported in the media, Quentin Tarantino recently announced plans for the auction of seven ‘exclusive scenes’ from the 1994 film Pulp Fiction in the form of NFTs,” the complaint read.
Despite this legal controversy, the first NFT was put up for auction earlier this year, and sold for over $ 1 million. The project was then frozen, perhaps in part, to await the outcome of the lawsuit.
Not everyone was happy with this program. The Miramax film studio, which holds the majority of the rights to the film, considers the program a breach of contract and copyright infringement. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in California last November, the film company accused the director of trying to make money on something he did not have full rights to.
More in-
“Eager to profit from the unchangeable momentum (‘NFT’), as widely reported in the media, Quentin Tarantino recently announced plans for the auction of seven ‘exclusive scenes’ from the 1994 film Pulp Fiction in the form of NFTs,” the complaint read.
Despite this legal controversy, the first NFT was put up for auction earlier this year, and sold for over $ 1 million. The project was then frozen, perhaps in part, to await the outcome of the lawsuit.
It should be noted that when TarantinoNFTs.com was first launched, it included several elements inspired by the film.
For example, early works of art included iconic depictions of Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta, who have since been replaced by the image of Trentino himself. The original graphics have been flagged as copyright infringement by Miramax, so this change appears to be a direct response to this claim.
In addition, several tweets from the Trentino NFT team were also deleted with material allegedly infringing. These tweets also appear as examples of violations in the legal paperwork.
It is now up to the court to decide whether there is a sufficient reason to dismiss the complaint or not. Before that happens, Mirmax is expected to officially respond to Trentino’s arguments.
Comments on the article(0):
Your response has been received and will be published subject to system policies.
Thanks.
For a new response
Your response was not sent due to a communication problem, please try again.
Return to comment