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What is the effect Streisand?

Streisand effect is a phenomenon that the Internet is manifested by the significant increase in the dissemination of information or documents subject to an attempted removal or censorship.

The phrase "Streisand effect " refers to an incident in 2003 when the singer and actress Barbara Streisand sued photographer Kenneth Adelman and the site Pictopia. com in order to limit the spread of an aerial photograph of his house. Invoking respect for his privacy, the interpreter of "Memories "not hesitate to demand 50 million dollars as compensation.

Adelman (who is not a paparazzo ) said he took photographs of properties along side for study of coastal erosion as part of a project.

The consequence of this lawsuit was that knowledge by the public image grew substantially and she became very popular on the Internet with more than 420,000 people who visited the site the following month. Barbara Streisand was also dismissed her application.

The name Streisand is now used to describe the perverse effect of attempted censorship resulting in even more negative publicity for the censor.

As recalled JDN, "one last victim of the Streisand effect in France called Boris Boillon. A former ambassador to Iraq, named after the revolution in Tunisia Tunisia has accelerated in spite of himself mailing a photo hosted by Buddies before showing him in a swimsuit by threatening prosecution all persons distributing this photo. In seeking to preserve his privacy, the diplomat has indirectly urged users copy, tweeter, and increase dissemination of this image. Paradoxically, branded content and becomes even more difficult to erase the Network as it accelerates its spread by the Internet. "