{"id":28602,"date":"2022-09-10T14:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=28602"},"modified":"2022-09-10T14:00:12","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T14:00:12","slug":"quentin-tarantino-settles-miramax-lawsuit-over-pulp-fiction-nfts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=28602","title":{"rendered":"Quentin Tarantino settles Miramax lawsuit over Pulp Fiction NFTs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjItMDkvNjk3ZjE3YWUtOTQwMy00MzNlLWFiYzAtNGU0MjRjMWJlMWI2LmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-v-71846793=\"\">\n<p>Miramax <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/miramax-sues-tarantino-over-money-grab-pulp-fiction-nfts\" data-amp=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/miramax-sues-tarantino-over-money-grab-pulp-fiction-nfts\/amp\" rel=\"noopener\">sued<\/a> the director in November last year after the base-layer blockchain provider Secret Network announced the auction of &#8220;uncut screenplay scenes&#8221; from the 1994 film as NFTs. The film studio claimed to own all rights to &#8220;Pulp Fiction,&#8221; except for those reserved for Tarantino, which excluded nonfungible tokens. <\/p>\n<p>The company was developing its own NFT strategy at the time. In a statement, the studio&#8217;s attorney Bart Williams wrote: \u201cThis one-off effort devalues the NFT rights to &#8220;Pulp Fiction,&#8221; which Miramax intends to maximize through a strategic, comprehensive approach.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>On the auction&#8217;s original press release, Secret Network claimed that Tarantino owned &#8220;exclusive rights to publish his Pulp Fiction screenplay and the original, handwritten copy has remained a personal creative treasure he has kept private for decades.&#8221; The auction raised $1.1 million in January, but was followed by the cancellation of additional NFT sales due to the dispute.<\/p>\n<p>Tarantino and Miramax have partnered in other successful productions, including &#8220;Kill Bill: Volumes 1 and 2&#8221;. &#8220;Pulp Fiction&#8221; ended up grossing $107.93 million in the United States and $213 million worldwide in the years since its release in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino and producer Miramax appear to have settled their lawsuit over nonfungible tokens (NFTs) related to the blockbuster film Pulp Fiction following a months-long legal battle. The movie studio <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/tarantino-miramax-settle-copyright-suit-over-pulp-fiction-nfts-2022-09-09\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">reportedly<\/a> plans to withdraw its lawsuit within two weeks and collaborate with the filmmaker in the future, including on NFTs projects.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/quentin-tarantino-settles-miramax-lawsuit-over-pulp-fiction-nfts\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miramax sued the director in November last year after the base-layer blockchain provider Secret Network announced the auction of &#8220;uncut screenplay scenes&#8221; from the 1994 film as NFTs. The film studio claimed to own all rights to &#8220;Pulp Fiction,&#8221; except for those reserved for Tarantino, which excluded nonfungible tokens. 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