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Harpercollins Publishers L.L.C. v. Gawker Media L.L.C.

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided November 22, 2010No. 10 Civ. 8782 (TPG)PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS P. GRIESA, District Judge.

OPINION

Plaintiff, HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C., is a publishing company holding exclusive rights to publish, reproduce, and distribute America By Heart, a book authored by former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Defendant, Gawker Media LLC, is an online media company that publishes many blogs, including the blog at the heart of this dispute, Gawker.com (“Gawker”).

In this action, plaintiff claims that defendant has violated its copyright rights by copying and publishing material from the Book on the Gawker blog. Following the commencement of the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation EnterprisesSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1994
  3. Salinger v. ColtingCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2010
  4. In Re Feit & Drexler, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
  5. United States v. American Society of Composers, Authors & PublishersDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2009

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Can'T Stop Prods., Inc. v. Sixuvus, Ltd.District Court, S.D. Illinois · 2018
  2. Al Hirschfeld Found. v. Margo Feiden Galleries Ltd.District Court, S.D. Illinois · 2017
  3. Bollea v. Gawker Media, LLCDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 2012
  4. Ashfield Health LLC v. JacobsonDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2021
  5. Germano v. CookDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2019

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