NY judge orders Gawker to pull Palin book pages

[The Straight Story]

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 tweeted, "Isn't that illegal?"

Gawker defended its action in a post Thursday titled "Sarah Palin is Mad at Us for Leaking Pages From Her Book" and addressed a message to "Sarah" telling her to read pages about fair use under copyright law. "Or skip the totally boring reading and call one of your lawyers," the post said. "They'll walk you through it."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40293095

[niyad]

1. since, according to early reports, it is nothing but a pastiche of other people's thoughts and words

what the hell is the problem? it isn't like there is anything original word in that waste of trees.