Gossip website wants Tarantino lawsuit thrown out

2014/03/12 00:35:29 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

Gossip website Gawker has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by Quentin Tarantino seeking at least $2 million over the publication of a leaked screenplay for what was to be his latest movie. In a motion for dismissal filed Monday, Gawker Media said it only provided a link to an online location where the screenplay could be viewed, and as such did not provide a & quot;scoop & quot; because the document was already available. The & quot;Pulp Fiction & quot; director announced in January that he had scrapped plans to film & quot;The Hateful Eight & quot; as his next project because the screenplay had been leaked. It insisted it did not & quot;scoop plaintiff & #039;s right to first publication, as the script was online prior to Gawker & #039;s links, & quot; adding: & quot;Tarantino himself set in motion the circumstances by which the script circulated. & quot;
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