After failing in his first attempt to punish Gawker for contributing to the dissemination of his work, but being allowed the opportunity to amend a complaint, Tarantino is now asserting that Gawker committed direct copyright infringement. As a result, the judge appears to have the opportunity to address the issue of whether a news site that downloads copyrighted material is violating the rights of the author.
Tarantino and his attorneys at Lavely & Singer believe that that Gawker have “crossed the journalistic line” in the way it behaved in relationship to the director’s unproduced 146-page script.
A lawsuit filed in January alleged contributory copyright infringement against Gawker and asserted claims against the anonymous individuals who uploaded the copy to AnonFiles.com.