salman rushdie After stabbing, Salman Rushdie's "The Satanic Verses" tops Amazon bestseller list Rob Beschizza
the streisand effect Offensive burger ad banned in UK, ensuring that everyone sees it the world over Rob Beschizza
streisand effect Tennessee cops' arrest of man over disrespectful photoshop draws wide attention to it Rob Beschizza
streisand cheese Cheesemaking YouTuber threatened with legal action by Grana Padano after showing people how to make similar cheese (UPDATE: they backed off) Rob Beschizza
car wash Brazil's authoritarians charge Glenn Greenwald with cybercrime for publishing leaks that revealed corruption at the highest levels Cory Doctorow
ultrastreisand Beaming mugshot of politician's wife booked into jail after pouring drink on journalist Rob Beschizza
papuans behind bars UK's oldest ISP blames DoS attack on attempt to suppress human rights report about West Papua (read it now!) Cory Doctorow
BESMIRCH STATEMENTS Wonkette posts bizarre cease-and-desist letter it received from "Diamond and Silk" Rob Beschizza
Automated Transactions Limited New Hampshire court to patent troll: it's not libel when someone calls you a "patent troll" Cory Doctorow
frivolous lawsuits Sponsor of the "Discouraging Frivolous Lawsuits Act" sues Twitter cow-account for $250 million Cory Doctorow
Luxsport Motor Group The "Reputation Management" industry continues to depend on forged legal documents Cory Doctorow
streisand effect Vox lawyers censored YouTubers who criticized The Verge's PC build videos Mark Frauenfelder
streisand effect Metal band Arch Enemy bans concert photographer after he complains their fashion designer swiped a shot Rob Beschizza
that weird growth Legal threats force retraction of peer-reviewed article about the problems with private-equity-backed dermatologists Cory Doctorow
sentinelone Antivirus maker Sentinelone uses copyright claims to censor video of security research that revealed defects in its products Cory Doctorow
kurkure is made of plastic The future of "fake news": Pepsi gets Facebook to censor jokes about plastic in its Kurkure corn puffs Cory Doctorow
buildteam After London builders' bid to remove a complaint from Mumsnet failed, a mysterious Pakistani-American copyright claim did the job Cory Doctorow
baffle em with bullshit Tesla pulls a Trump, smears critical press outlet as "extremists" Cory Doctorow
