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    Oscar-winning filmmaker Quentin Tarantino filed a lawsuit against media outlet Gawker for copyright infringement* in a U.S. district court in Los Angeles on Monday, after the website published links to download the leaked script for his latest movie “The Hateful Eight.”

    Gawker editor John Cook denied the publication had infringed on copyright in a post published on Gawker.com on Monday. He said Gawker did not leak Tarantino’s 146-page Western movie script and only published a link to a website where the script could be downloaded.

    In court documents, writer-director Tarantino claimed Gawker Media promoted and disseminated* unauthorized, downloadable copies of the leaked screenplay.

    The filmmaker is seeking more than US$1 million in damages for each of two copyright infringement claims.

    The lawsuit also names website AnonFiles.com, which the Gawker article linked to, and which contains downloads of Tarantino’s script.

    Cook said Gawker had nothing to do with the appearance of “The Hateful Eight” script on the Internet and said it didn’t know who had uploaded the document to AnonFiles.com.

    Tarantino, 50, is known for his edgy, gritty films that fuse dark humor with violence.

    (SD-Agencies)