( CNN ) -- A lawsuit filed by Academy Award winning screenwriter and celebrated director Quentin Tarantino against the Gawker website for linking to a script for a future movie project was dismissed Tuesday by a federal judge . In January , Gawker posted links to the script for `` The Hateful Eight , '' an unproduced Western . Tarantino failed to prove that was an act of direct copyright infringement , said Judge John F. Walter of the Central District of California . The judge said he would allow Tarantino 's attorney to amend arguments and refile the complaint by May 1 . Although Gawker did not post the script to its own site , Tarantino 's attorney charged the script would not have been widely accessible if Gawker had not linked to it . Gawker turned down repeated requests to remove links to download the script , Tarantino 's complaint charged . Tarantino told the gossip site Deadline that he had given the script to only six people , including actors Michael Madsen , best known as the killer in `` Reservoir Dogs , '' as well as Bruce Dern and Tim Roth . `` Reservoir Dogs '' was Roth 's breakthrough film . Somehow , the script leaked . It was posted through a site that lets users anonymously upload and download files . CNN 's attempts to reach Tarantino for comment on Tuesday were unsuccessful . Gawker did n't mention the decision on its website . According to CNN affiliate KTLA , Tarantino held a three-hour reading of the script over the weekend and told audience members he was working on changes to it . Although Tarantino had spoken of shelving the project when the links to the script were posted , he said making the film is still possible .
Links to an unproduced movie script were posted in January . The famed director and writer filed suit against one of the more popular websites that posted link . Judge rules that Tarantino did n't show there was a copyright infringement . Tarantino reportedly is revising the script and might move ahead with making the film .