They'll never learn (Streisand versus Coastal Photo Effort )

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 23:32:24 -0400
> From: Barry Ritholtz <ritholtz () optonline net>
> Subject: They'll never learn (Streisand versus Coastal Photo Effort )
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
>
>
> For IP, if you like
>
> File this under "When will they learn, part II" (Subcategory: Celebrity 
> Stupidity):  The Fox v Franken case made it clear (at least to any one 
> with half a brain) that in a modern, networked society, censorship works 
> not to suppress an undesirable item, but to generate incidental exposure 
> and publicity, thus promoting the item.
>
> The Franken Case, which has since become widely known as the "Fair and 
> Balanced" lawsuit, had the perverse effect of catapulting Franken's book 
> to the top of Amazon's best seller list.
>
> Along that very same vein, now comes the Streisand vs Coastal Photo Effort 
> litigation. The irony of this, is that had Babs  never sued, the unlabeled 
> > been any the wiser. What would have been merely picture 3850.jpg became 
> instead, a story picked up by the media.
>
> Her home has been identified, and reposted around the internet. I'm proud 
> to post Streisand's home at my blog 
> (<http://bigpicture.typepad.com/writing/2003/09/photography_als.html>http://bigpicture.typepad.com/writing/2003/09/photography_als.html), 
> and I suggest other people do so also. Even if she wins the case, she will 
> ultimately lose, because her goal -- rmoving the photo -- will be widely 
> disseminated. You can't just put the toothpaste back in the tube . . .
>
> Fox and Streisand, hardly political bedfellows, find themselves lumped 
> together with the radical islamic clerics who sought to supress Salman 
> Rushdie's Satanic Verses -- and incidentally made it one of the most 
> purchased, least read books in the history of movable type.
>
> This is Public Relations 101! In a modern society, if you want something 
> to go away, IGNORE IT. Making loud, whiny complaints -- and that 
> especially includes litigation -- only draws attention to the item you 
> want suppressed. The supresser functions as a publicity machine for the 
> item sought to be supressed.
>
> When will these people ever learn?
>
>
>
> Barry L. Ritholtz
> Market Strategist
> Maxim Group
> britholtz at maximgrp dot com
> (212) 895-3614
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