Miramax sues Quentin Tarantino over his plans to sell Pulp Fiction NFTs
The studio claims the contract Tarantino signed means he's not allowed to offer these exclusive NFTs
A major filmmaker making NFTs with exclusive content is already primed for controversy, but turns out Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction NFTs have also landed him in big trouble with Miramax. NBC News reports that Miramax sued Tarantino on Tuesday for his plans to sell seven uncut Pulp Fiction scenes and other digital collectibles from the film, including a handwritten draft of the screenplay.
Tarantino’s lawyer responded to Miramax’s cease-and-desist letter saying that Tarantino owns the rights to the print publication of the script. But Miramax shut those claims down, countering that “print publication and NFTs are not the same.”
According to the suit, “The proposed sale of a few original script pages or scenes as an NFT is a one-time transaction, which does not constitute publication, and in any event does not fall within the intended meaning of ‘print publication’ or ‘screenplay publication.’”
Miramax’s suit also asserts that “the right to sell NFTs of such excerpts of any version of the screenplay to Pulp Fiction is owned and controlled by Miramax.”