Inglorious Bloggers: Tarantino to Sue 'Gawker' Over Links to Leaked Script

Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino will file a lawsuit against Gawker after a leaked script for his next movie was posted on the site's Defamer vertical, according to a report.

The script for The Hateful Eight was posted online Thursday, spurring Tarantino to file a suit seeking $1 million in damages, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Gawker confirmed the legal action in a post early Monday evening.

"Gawker and Defamer are news sites, and our publication of the link was clearly connected to our goal of informing readers about things they care about," Gawker editor John Cook wrote in the post. "As far as I can tell (but I'm no lawyer!), no claim of contributory infringement has prevailed in the U.S. over a news story. We'll be fighting this one." Read more...