Gawker loses round with Palin

Sarah Palin 1- Gawker 0: Gawker Ordered To Remove Leaked Excerpts
Gawker published unauthorized leaked excerpts from Sarah Palin's new book "America By Heart" and when asked to remove those pages Gawker decided instead to recommend Palin speak to her lawyers. Gawker titled a post on Thursday with "Sarah Palin is Mad at Us for Leaking Pages From Her Book" and sent a message to "Sarah" . [Sarah: If you're reading this—and if you are, welcome!—you may want to take a moment to familiarize yourself with the law. Try starting here or here. Or skip the...

Sarah Palin follows Gawker's advice
Did you catch the excerpt we posted yesterday from Sarah Palin’s new book? Sarah did… [Sarah: If you're reading this—and if you are, welcome!—you may want to take a moment to familiarize yourself with the law. Try starting here or here. Or skip the totally boring reading and call one of your lawyers. They'll walk you through it.] NYT, Nov. 20: On Saturday, a Federal Judge told the media gossip blog [Gawker] it must take down the excerpts until a hearing on Nov. 30, accord...

Court Orders Gawker to Pull Palin Excerpts
The New York Times reports: When Sarah Palin found out that some Web sites had posted excerpts from advance copies of her new book, she took her lament to Twitter. “The publishing world is LEAKING out-of-context excerpts of my book w/out my permission? Isn’t that illegal?” she wrote in a post on Thursday. Gawker, which had posted more than a dozen pages of the forthcoming book, mocked her legal analysis. But it turns out that for the time being, Gawker has been legally prohibited from pu...

Sarah Palin Beats Gawker for Now
Like this Story? Share it: Sarah Palin in her new show, "Sarah Palin's Alaska." (TLC) (CBS/ AP) A Federal Judge on Saturday ordered the website Gawker to pull down unauthorized excerpts from Sarah Palin’s forthcoming book, "America By Heart," until a hearing scheduled for Nov. 30, reports Politico. U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Griesa signed a two-page order telling Gawker to take down the excerpts Saturday. "Gawker is temporarily retrained and enjoined from continuing to distribute, pub...

Judge orders Gawker to remove Palin book excerpts
(CNN) - A Federal Judge ordered Gawker on Saturday to take down excerpts the website posted from Sarah Palin's upcoming book until at least November 30. The post was removed by Saturday evening. In his two-page decision, U.S. District Judge Thomas Griesa told Gawker to cease "from continuing to distribute, publish or otherwise transmit pages" from Sarah Palin's "America by Heart" until a hearing scheduled for November 30. Gawker did not immediately respond to e-mail and telephone message...

Federal Judge Orders Website Gawker To Pull Down Unauthorized Excerpts From Sarah Palins Book, America By Heart
This comes after Harper Collins sent a Cease and Desist letter to Gawker that was ignored Politico.com A Federal Judge on Saturday ordered the website Gawker to pull down unauthorized excerpts from Sarah Palin’s forthcoming book, “America By Heart,” until a hearing scheduled for Nov. 30 . On Saturday evening, the link was broken to Gawker’s scoop, “Sarah Palin’s New Book: Leaked Excerpts,” which included 14 images of partial pages from the book, sche...

Palin's Publisher Sues Gawker over Book Excerpts - CBS News
Like this Story? Share it: Sarah Palin ready to head up the river in husband Todd's boat. (TLC/Gilles Mingasson) (AP) The publisher of Palin]Sarah Palin's forthcoming book filed a Lawsuit against Gawker Media on Friday for leaking pages of "America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag" before its Date]Release next week. The legal complaint was filed Friday in Federal Court in Manhattan, said a spokeswoman for HarperCollins Publishers. The filing came two days after Media]Gawker published images...

Palin's Publisher Sues Gawker Over Leaked Book Excerpts
NEW YORK — The publisher of Sarah Palin's forthcoming book filed a Lawsuit against Gawker Media on Friday for leaking pages of "America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag" before its Date]Release next week. The legal complaint was filed Friday in Federal Court in Manhattan, said a spokeswoman for HarperCollins Publishers. The filing came two days after Media]Gawker published images of 21 of the book's pages and its dedication page. In response, Palin tweeted, "Isn't that illegal?" Her ....

The Associated Press: Palin's publisher sues Gawker over book excerpts
NEW YORK (AP) — The publisher of Sarah Palin's forthcoming book filed a Lawsuit against Gawker Media on Friday for leaking pages of "America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag" before its Date]Release next week. The legal complaint was filed Friday in Federal Court in Manhattan, said a spokeswoman for HarperCollins Publishers. The filing came two days after Media]Gawker published images of 21 of the book's pages and its dedication page. In response, Palin tweeted, "Isn't that illegal?" H...

Sarah Palin Book Excerpts Must Be Removed From Gawker, Judge Rules
NEW YORK — A Federal Judge on Saturday ordered Gawker Media to pull leaked pages of Sarah Palin's forthcoming book "America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag" from its blog. The injunction prohibits Gawker from "continuing to distribute, publish or otherwise transmit pages from the book" pending a hearing on Nov. 30. A quick search of Gawker showed that by Saturday evening, the excerpts had been removed. The original post yields a dead link: HarperCollins Publishers had sue...

Web site pulls Palin book excerpts
Published: Nov. 21, 2010 at 11:09 AM NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A U.S. Web site removed the link to its excerpts from Sarah Palin's new book after a Federal Judge in New York issued a temporary injunction. U.S. District Judge Thomas Griesa Saturday granted the injunction against Gawker pending a hearing on Nov. 30. Palin's publishers sought the court order on the grounds posting excerpts of the book, which will be released Tuesday, violated Copyright protections. Politico said Gawker did not hav...

NY judge orders Gawker to pull Palin book pages
NEW YORK (AP) - A Federal Judge in New York City has issued a temporary order requiring Gawker Media to pull leaked pages of Sarah Palin's forthcoming book from its website. U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Griesa issued the injunction Saturday. HarperCollins Publishers had sued Gawker after it published images on Nov. 17 from Palin's "America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag" before its release next week. In response, Palin tweeted, "Isn't that illegal?" Gawker said it was prote...

Judge to Gawker: Take down pages of Palin's book
Sarah Palin's "America by Heart" is nothing to gawk at. For now, anyway. A judge has ordered Gawker.com to pull down pages it featured from the former Alaskan Governor's upcoming book. According to the injunction, the website must immediately cease "continuing to distribute, publish or otherwise transmit pages from the book" pending a hearing on Nov. 30. Gawker has apparently complied, and did so in a very un-Gawker-like Fashion, without a witty retort. The tongue-in-cheek site, which mixes ne...

Can't Gawk at Palin book
A Federal Judge yesterday ordered Gawker Media to pull from its blog leaked pages of Sarah Palin's forthcoming book, "America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag." The court issued an injunction prohibiting Gawker from "continuing to distribute, publish or otherwise transmit pages from the book," pending a Nov. 30 hearing. HarperCollins Publishers had sued after Gawker on Wednesday published images from the book before its scheduled release this week. In response, Palin had tweet...

NY judge orders Gawker to pull Palin book pages
NEW YORK — A Federal Judge on Saturday ordered Gawker Media to pull leaked pages of Sarah Palin’s forthcoming book "America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag" from its blog. The injunction prohibits Gawker from "continuing to distribute, publish or otherwise transmit pages from the book" pending a hearing on Nov. 30. HarperCollins Publishers had sued Gawker after it published images on Nov. 17 from Palin’s book before its Release next week. In response, Palin twe...

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Sarah Palin's publisher sues Gawker over book excerpts
NEW YORK (AP) — The publisher of Sarah Palin's forthcoming book filed a Lawsuit against Gawker Media on Friday for leaking pages of America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag before its Date]Release next week. The legal complaint was filed Friday in Federal Court in Manhattan, said a spokeswoman for HarperCollins Publishers. The filing came two days after Media]Gawker published images of 21 of the book's pages and its dedication page. In response, Palin tweeted, "Isn't that illegal?" Her ....

Palin Publisher Sues Gawker for Leaking Book
The AP reports: NEW YORK (AP) — The publisher of Sarah Palin’s forthcoming book filed a Lawsuit against Gawker Media on Friday for leaking pages of “America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag” before its Date]Release next week. The legal complaint was filed Friday in Federal Court in Manhattan, said a spokeswoman for HarperCollins Publishers. The filing came two days after Media]Gawker published images of 21 of the book’s pages and its dedication page. In respons...

Palin publisher sues Gawker over release of book excerpts
Stumble This! The publisher of Sarah Palin's forthcoming book filed a Lawsuit against Gawker Media on Friday for leaking pages of "America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag" before its Date]Release next week. The legal complaint was filed Friday in Federal Court in Manhattan, said a spokeswoman for HarperCollins Publishers. The filing came two days after Media]Gawker published images of 21 of the book's pages and its dedication page. In response, Palin tweeted, "Isn't that illegal?" Her publ....

Sarah Palin Book Excerpts Must Be Removed From Gawker, Judge Rules
The injunction prohibits Gawker from “continuing to distribute, publish or otherwise transmit pages from the book” pending a hearing on Nov. 30. A quick search of Gawker showed that by Saturday evening, the excerpts had been removed. The original post yields a dead link: HarperCollins Publishers had sued Gawker after it published images on Nov. 17 from Palin’s book before its Release next week. In response, Palin tweeted, “Isn’t that illegal?” Gawker defended ...

Harper Collins Sues Gawker Over Sarah Palin Book Excerpts
Sarah Palin ’s new book, America By Heart, is set for release next Tuesday. Savvy Internet readers, however, have already gotten a taste for what’s in store thanks to Gawker, which scrounged up some leaked pages and posted them last Tuesday. While the excerpts didn’t tell us anything we didn’t know about Palin already- she is proud of her family, supports the Tea Party- the book’s publisher, Harper Collins, is not happy and has sent their lawyers after ...

Harper Collins sues Gawker for publishing excerpts of Palin’s book
Isn’t this delicious? The malicious left-wing site Gawker, that illegally published excerpts of Sarah Palin’s new book America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag mocked Palin]Sarah Palin for her rightful concerns about their misinterpretation of the contents of the book, and for publishing excerpts. Gawker even mocked Governor Palin for her complaint which she published on Twitter. Guess who is having the last laugh? Harper Collins, Palin’s publisher, filed a Lawsuit com...

Palin Beats Gawker in Book Suit
A Federal Judge on Saturday ordered the website Gawker to pull down unauthorized excerpts from Sarah Palin’s forthcoming book, “America By Heart,” until a hearing scheduled for Nov. 30. On Saturday evening, the link was broken to Gawker’s scoop, “Sarah Palin’s New Book: Leaked Excerpts,” which included 14 images of partial pages from the book, scheduled for publication Tuesday. A two-page order signed Saturday by U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Griesa, who...

Judge Orders Far-Left Blog Gawker to Pull Illegally Leaked Pages of Governor Palin’s Forthcoming Book from Its Website
A Federal Judge in New York City has issued a temporary order requiring Gawker Media to pull leaked pages of Sarah Palin’s forthcoming book from its website. U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Griesa issued the injunction Saturday. HarperCollins Publishers had sued Gawker after it published images on Nov. 17 from Palin’s “America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag” before its release next week. In response, Palin tweeted, “Isn’t that illegal?” Ga...

Gawker Removes Sarah Palin Book Excerpts (For Now!)
Gawker had to refudiate its position of publishing excerpts from Sarah Palin's upcoming book after a court issued an injunction, forcing the gossip blog to take down the post (here's the "Page not found"). Still, as MediaDecoder points out, there's still Google Cache. The former Alaska Governor and vice Presidential Candidate's publisher, Harper Collins (which is owned by News Corp.), sued Gawker for "further Copyright Infringement" as well as financial damages and for the source material to b...