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Tarantino Sues Gawker for Infringement

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Adds the claim on to a previous lawsuit.

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It's Hollywood's wildest director vs. New York's most rabble-rousing news site. Quentin Tarantino has added a new claim to the lawsuit he filed in January against Gawker for leaking his script called "Hateful Eight." Tarantino first sued on the basis that Gawker took part in the dissemination of his work, and now charges it "crossed the journalistic line" and committed copyright infringement. The case's judge will have to decide whether a news site that downloads copyrighted material is liable.

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