[T.B. Yoits]

One would be mistaken if they thought Barbara Streisand would hire a handler to tell her to keep her mouth shut. This is the woman who single-handedly exposed how attempts to silence, suppress, or censor something can backfire, an affect aptly named 'The Streisand Effect'

A picture of her home in 2003 was part of a public collection of images displaying coastal erosion. She sued sued the photographer for $50 million for invasion of privacy. ("Laws for thee but not for me.")

Ironically, the attention surrounding the lawsuit made the photo of her house go viral. In the month before the lawsuit, the picture had been downloaded a half-dozen times, including twice by her lawyers, whereas the image was downloaded more than 420,000 times during the month following the lawsuit.

[Elsie]

But, did she get the 50M?