DC Trawler

From Gawker’s Maureen O’Connor on Nov. 18:

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, according to a spokeswoman for HarperCollins, the book’s publisher, which sued Gawker on Friday. That means Gawker’s scoop is essentially squashed until after the book, “America by Heart,” is released on Tuesday. On Saturday evening, the link to Gawker’s original post about the book no longer worked (though it still appeared in Google’s cache).

Never let it be said that Sarah Palin isn’t willing to listen to good advice, even if it comes from an adversary.

P.S. The restraining order.

P.P.S. Did Gawker read those fair use links they suggested Sarah Palin read?

P.P.P.S. When Palin owns Gawker, she should change the name to Gawk404.

P.P.P.P.S. Labash asks: R U Lovin’ Sarah’s Alaska?