Gawker Media Group, Inc., has reportedly been dismissed from Quentin Tarantino’s Hateful Eight copyright infringement lawsuit.
According to The Wrap, Gawker Media argued that U.S. courts have no jurisdiction over them because they’re based in the Cayman Islands. However, the Delaware-based Gawker Media LLC, the New York-based Gawker Entertainment and around ten unknown parties are still marked as defendants. The dismissal is without prejudice, which means that it has no bearing on the merits of Tarantino’s case.
The origins of the lawsuit stem from back in January, when Gawker’s Defamer posted a link to Tarantino’s leaked Hateful Eight script, as TheCelebrityCafe reported. Gawker has had a history of clashing with celebrities, having posted a Hulk Hogan sex tape and Lena Dunham’s book proposal.
When Gawker responded to the lawsuit on Jan. 30, Gawker editor John Cook argued that Tarantino made the leak news all on his own.
Gawker Media submitted the motion to be dismissed on Wednesday, The Hollywood Reported noted. The company is represented by attorneys from Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz.
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