Editing Barbra Streisand (section)

=== "Streisand effect" ===
{{Main|Streisand effect}}

In a 2003 lawsuit, Streisand claimed that a website illustrating coastal erosion invaded her privacy because one of its over 12,000 images happened to show her [[Malibu, California]], home; Streisand wanted the photo removed from the site. The suit was dismissed and the resultant publicity prompted hundreds of thousands of people to download the photo, which had been accessed only four times prior to Streisand initiating legal action.<ref>{{cite web |last=Adelman |first=Kenneth |date=May 13, 2007 |title=Barbra Streisand Sues to Suppress Free Speech Protection for Widely Acclaimed Website |url=http://www.californiacoastline.org/streisand/lawsuit.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407234728/http://www.californiacoastline.org/streisand/lawsuit.html |archive-date=April 7, 2008 |access-date=April 8, 2008 |publisher=California Coastal Records Project}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=Streisand's Lawsuit to Silence Coastal Website Dismissed |url=http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2003/Barbra-Streisand-Coastal3dec03.htm |publisher=Mindfully.org |date=December 3, 2003 |access-date=April 8, 2008 |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090706034700/http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2003/Barbra-Streisand-Coastal3dec03.htm |archive-date=July 6, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> The term ''Streisand effect'' was coined to refer to an attempt to censor information which unintentionally publicizes that information.<ref>{{cite web |last=Siegel |first=Robert |date=February 29, 2008 |title=The Streisand Effect' Snags Effort to Hide Documents |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87809195 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306072519/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87809195 |archive-date=March 6, 2018 |work=[[All Things Considered]] |publisher=[[National Public Radio]] |quote=The episode is the latest example of a phenomenon known as the 'Streisand Effect.' Robert Siegel talks with Mike Masnick, CEO of Techdirt Inc., who coined the term. }}</ref>