Murdoch wins two copyright actions

When Rupert Murdoch says he doesn't believe in giving away content for free he really means it. Note these two copyright actions. Murdoch's book publisher, HarperCollins , is claiming to have won a legal tussle with the media gossip website Gawker over its posting of lengthy excerpts from Sarah Palin's book America By Heart . The publisher says Gawker has agreed to keep the material off its site and not to post it again. Erin Crum , a spokeswoman for HarperCollins, said Gawker had published a "substantial portion of the book" and had "used the copyrighted material... in order to attract viewers." In a separate legal victory, by Murdoch's Dow Jones division, it has accepted undisclosed damages from the website Briefing.com for publishing Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires stories without its consent. Dow Jones produced examples of 107 news articles that were copied verbatim, or nearly verbatim, by Briefing.com. Sources: New York Times / paidContent