There are few better ways to draw attention to something than trying to have information about it taken down from the internet. Techdirt, a blog, dubbed this the "Streisand effect", for Barbra Streisand, a singer whose efforts to get a picture of her home removed encouraged 420,000 people to view it. If Orbitz, an online travel agent, and United Airlines continue their lawsuit against a college graduate whose website helps flyers find cheap fares, the phenomenon may need to be renamed.
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