Director Quentin Tarantino has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles seeking the dismissal of Miramax film studio’s lawsuit regarding the NFT collection based on the movie “Pulp Fiction.” Reported by Law360.

According to Tarantino, Miramax’s claim “ignores the explicit language” outlined in their agreement. According to the latter, the director has the right to publish printed materials related to painting, including publishing scripts, creating books or comics, and other interactive publications.

The attorney representing Tarantino, Brian Friedman, noted that the main content of the immutable tokens consisted of “uncensored first handwritten movie scripts.”

“The screenplay is an original copyrighted work that precedes the movie, and exclusive rights to the screenplay, including elements such as dialogue, characters, plot, and scene descriptions, belong to the screenwriter,” Friedman said. Said.

The petition states that Miramax’s copyright covers elements of the film that are not part of the script.

According to Reuters, Miramax’s attorney, Kyle Casazza, stated that the original deal gave the studio “all rights (including copyrights and trademarks) to the film (and elements throughout development and production).

In November 2021, Tarantino announced an NFT auction based on Pulp Fiction. The entire collection includes seven tokens with excerpts from the filmmaker’s original handwritten script and exclusive audio commentary.

Miramax sued Tarantino for unfair competition, breach of contract and copyrights.

In January 2022, decentralized autonomous organization AnonDAO won the auction and purchased the Royale with Cheese token for $1.1 million.

Recall that director Spike Lee saw the benefits of NFT for the film industry.

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