'Streisand Effect' Snags Effort to Hide Documents

from National Public Radio

Recently, a judge ordered some leaked documents concerning the Swiss bank Julius Baer to be removed from a Web site. But, instead of hiding the documents from public view, the judge's action drew more attention to them.

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.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, February 29, 2008