Miramax sues ‘Pulp Fiction’ director Quentin Tarantino over planned NFTs
US movie production company Miramax is suing famed director Quentin Tarantino for copyright infringement over the planned release of NFTs of his 1994 film Pulp Fiction. The director had announced the move earlier this month at the NFT NYC conference.
At the time, Tarantino and blockchain-based platform ‘Secret Network’ announced the planned rollout of seven NFTs based out of the film. The NFTs will include exclusive scenes that were cut from the film as well as a movie prop. The NFTs, set to mint on the Secret blockchain, will only be accessible to the owner of the tokens.
However, Miramax has put a hold on those plans by filing a lawsuit against Tarantino for alleged copyright and trademark infringement as well as breach of contract over the planned sale of ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFTs.
Tarantino has rights to “screenplay publication” along with several other rights, such as music publishing, live performance, and print publication. However, Miramax has claimed that NFTs do not fall under that category, and reported their plans to release NFTs related to the film.
“This one-off effort devalues the NFT rights to Pulp Fiction, which Miramax intends to maximize through a strategic, comprehensive approach,” Miramax attorney Bart Williams said of the lawsuit.
Miramax also reported that it had sent a cease-and-desist letter to Tarantino to stop any further plans, but to no avail. In response, Tarantino’s attorney claimed that the director was acting well within his ‘reserved rights’ to publish the movie’s screenplay.
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