If Harvey Weinstein is in prison, convicted of rape, the company he co-founded with his brother Bob still exists and is obviously not happy with Quentin Tarantino’s new project. The director recently announced that he is preparing a surprise for fans of his cult film, Pulp Fiction. The latter will indeed be able to obtain, in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFT), previously unseen sequences of the feature film under the banner Tarantino NFT Collection. According to the distributor, he has no rights and the company has therefore sent him a letter of formal notice, relayed by the Hollywood Reporter.
“Tarantino’s conduct forced Miramax to initiate this complaint against a valuable collaborator in order to ensure, preserve and protect his rights to the intellectual and contractual property of one of the films in its most iconic catalog”, can -on read.
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The company believes that the filmmaker’s plan could “mislead” other people into “believing that they have the right to make similar deals and deals, when in fact Miramax has the rights to develop and sell products. NFT related to its wide range of films ”.
Quentin Tarantino’s lawyer, for his part, certified that his client was acting in accordance with the “reserved rights” at his disposal. However, as the Hollywood Reporter notes, it will be difficult to know where these famous “reserved rights” end, knowing that the contract dates from the early 90s, a time when, in fact, non-fungible tokens did not. did not exist.
