Barbra Streisand, Miss Vermont, And Your Website

An anonymous reader writes "The NYTimes (sign up for free subscription) is reporting about a person who wrote about a prior relationship with a former Miss Vermont. He was ordered to remove any reference to the former Miss Vermont or the relationship by court order. This ruling has obvious implications for the First Amendment if allowed to stand. I wonder if I can get the same court order applied to my ex-girlfriends' websites." Read on to see what this has to do with Barbra Streisand.

An anonymous reader writes "A Silicon Valley millionaire, Ken Adelman, is being sued by Barbra Streisand for $50 million. Adelman photographed Streisand's sea-side Malibu mansion using a 6 megapixel Nikon digital camera from a helicopter flying over the Pacific Ocean. The photograph, along with over 12,000 other photographs, is part of an aerial photographic survey of the California coastline. This photographic database is intended for use by environmental and scientific research projects interested in the health of the coastline and coastal erosion. Streisand's suit complains that the photograph is of extraordinary clarity and violates her right to privacy, as it shows details of the property that one would not ordinarily be able to see from the road or the beach. California has an 'anti-paparazzi' statute on the books."

Comments

Zing!

[Anonymous Coward]

From the Streisand article:

"Besides," Adelman added, "Didn't she say she'd leave the country if Bush got elected? Well, we're waiting."

Re:Google's Cache to this story ..

[Anonymous Coward]

Hmm, his reply to her question "How did you learn to f*** like that?" is "Home Schooling". Anyone else find that a little disturbing? (In a duelling banjos kind of way...)

Re:Check out the self-admitted bullshit:

[patchmaster]

The best part of this whole deal is on Miss Vermont's web page. Once you get past the idiotic animated intro, there's a cartoon US flag with "Free Speech" flashing on and off. Either somebody with a wicked sense of humor hacked the site or Miss Vermont is rather selective in her application of rights.

"King of the Hill"

[Hao Wu]

She totally reminds me of the "Luanne" character.... if you know what I mean.

Re:Libel

[Wordsmith]

the videotape i understand. how do you arange for the sexual encounters with hot chicks?