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."

oh no!!

[Anonymous Coward]

its... Mecha Streisand!!

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."

Neal Stephenson was wrong

[aborchers]

There are five things we will be good at. He forgot about suing each other...

Re:Google's Cache to this story ..

[Gerad]

Don't post that link here! The next thing we know, Miss Vermont will be suing Google and Slashdot!

New Slashdot Poll

[Nova Express]

My website reveals the sordid details of my passionate affair with:

1. Natalie Portman
   
2. Kristen Dunst
   
3. Brittany Spears
   
4. Kate Winslet
   
5. Carrie-Anne Moss
   
6. CowboyNeal never kisses and tells.
   

Re:If only...

[Anonymous Coward]

...information, notwithstanding its truth, about any intimate or sexual acts engaged in by" Ms. Johnson

Oohh __mizzz_ Johnson!

Scanned too quickly and read 'my johnson'. 8)

What's she worried about?

[hardave]

In a couple of years, that cliff will erode to the point where her house will be in the ocean. Then she can build something else totally different, maybe a bit more inshore.

That of course begs the question, how badly do insurance companies bilk you for building a house on top of a cliff on the ocean? Since I'm landlocked in the middle of Alberta, Canada, I can't say that I know too much about that.

Thank you, Ken Adelman

[jjeffries]

I will print this picture out and add it to my "places to avoid if you don't want to run into Barbra Streisand" file.

Unreal ....

[pherris]

Rant mode on ...

To Barbara Streisand: Blow me. The guy really doesn't give a rat's ass about "just your house", it's a photographic survey. If you don't like it might I suggest you get your sorry butt down to Home Depot and buying a few acres worth of tarps and covering up that mansion (or collection of McMansions as the case may be). This is America. If it's in plain view from a public place then you are SOL.

To Miss Vermont: Blow me. Seriously, you sound like a party animal. Maybe next time you'll think twice about getting nasty with just any guy. I think you need your dates to sign NDAs or you need to stop being such a _________ (fill in the blank). This lawsuit will most likely sink any goodwill you expected to get from your "title". I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors (and don't put the eggs on the bottom of the bag).

Again, this is the US. The first amendment bigger than you low life, money grubbing trolls. Remember, it gives you the right to act like such jerks.

Oh for crying out LOUD.

[Faust7]

And folks wonder where the stereotype of celebrities as self-absorbed narcissists comes from. Well, no, perhaps they don't, but regardless--the photograph, taken from a big frickin' distance at that, was part of

environmental and scientific research projects interested in the health of the coastline and coastal erosion.

It isn't about you, dear heart, it's about science. You were old news years ago, though you enjoyed a brief revival with South Park. Get over yourself.

Re:New Slashdot Poll

[Kris_J]

Much as I might like to think that all the female readers of /. are lesbians, I think you need to include a man in there.

Re:Libel

[outsider007]

As a public figure, she might have a tough time winning a libel suit.
and this, my firends, is why you must always secretly videotape sexual encounters with hot chicks.

"Miss Vermont" didn't think this one through...

[Robber Baron]

Prior to today, I didn't know her name, never mind her reputation, as I had never even heard of her, and had never run across Max's site. Now everyone who reads Slashdot knows that she's a drunken slut! Way to protect that reputation! Perhaps "vapid" doesn't even begin to describe it...

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She should be mad about the photo

[charon_on_acheron]

Our backyard was bigger than her land. She paid millions for a couple hundred feet. And now everyone knows. No wonder she's pissed. Besides, the beach looks crummy, full of rocks and such. Not the picturesque smooth sand I would expect from a person of her supposed caliber.

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.

Re:Unreal ....

[IO ERROR]

To Miss Vermont: Blow me.

Careful what you wish for. She probably will blow you.

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"King of the Hill"

[Hao Wu]

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

Re:Google's Cache to this story ..

[Anonymous Coward]

Is it me or does this look like a standard Slashdot troll, except involving adults of the opposite genders?

Re:Google's Cache to this story ..

[i_want_you_to_throw_]

Not unusual in West Virginia where the family tree is a telephone pole!

Re:So the best thing that one can do...

[mbogosian]

Her web site is just a broken image.

How apropos.

Re:Actually...

[WatertonMan]

Thank you J. Jonah Jameson.

Re:error in article

[HeghmoH]

I went to high school with Amy and lived one street over.

Hello? Have you learned nothing? That kind of information is illegal to give out!

Re:Libel

[Wordsmith]

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

Re:retaliation

[The_dev0]

Yeah, that's just what you want. A class action launched against you by a whole gaggle of drunken sluts.

Re:Google's Cache to this story ..

[pjt48108]

Why, oh tell me, WHY, did I have to follow that Katy link? I have never seen such vapid, insipid claptrap so well chrystalized into evidenciary form.

I mean, the 'Miss Vermont' story, as entertaining as it is, is certainly self-involved, but that Katy link just made me embarrassed to have ever had ANYTHING to do with information technology, period. What a waste of pixels... What a waste of B A N D W I D T H...

Re:Close your eyes when on an airplane or cruise s

[[e-mail]]

That's probably a good thing, considering it keeps weirdos like me from peeking in her bathroom window.

Re:PLEASE STOP USING NYTIMES

[marko123]

When the datamining gets good enough, the postal address of the person registered as Cypherpunks will start receiving junk mail for Alzheimer's medication.

Re:If only...

[watzinaneihm]

Funnily from her resume [katyjohnson.com] she is a lawyer to be
Also a .com CEO to boot.

Re:"Miss Vermont" didn't think this one through...

[Robber Baron]

Imagine I put up a website claiming I fucked your mother, complete with photoshopped pics, eyewitness accounts, etc.

Now you get a restraining order forcing me to take down the site because it's all complete BS. I made everything up.

Ahhh there's where you're wrong...I wouldn't bother with the restraining order, I'd simply hunt you down! It's simple, it's direct, it's effective!

...either that or I'd post some "photographic evidence" of my own showing that you and the goatse guy are VERY close!

Restraining orders are for wimps.

Re:Frivolous shit

[Fryed]

Have you read the rest of the story? I'm sure the reason she didn't respond was because she wouldn't be able to put together a cohesive story that's longer than about 10 sentences. God, it have worse grammar and spelling than Slashdot...

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[Anonymous Coward]

I eventually resigned myself to vacant sex with the vapid idiots that infest South Florida.

Yeah, I'm sure it took him a long time to make that decision.

Oh No! If you look close...

[confused philosopher]

You can see her naked in her swimming pool! No wonder she is so upset. Now if they'd used a crumby 5MP camera instead of a 6MP, then she might make a deal.

Hey Babs..

[nadaou]

Hey Babs.. if I were you I'd be more concerened with the toxic green gook flowing out of the tube and down the cliff on the north side of your property. Or that semi-clothed homeless guy on the beach looking for a place to climb up and 'soil' your pool. Then again, maybe he can save your marriage [man that movie sucked].

Re:Google's Cache to this story ..

[buzzcutbuddha]

Tucker Max is not an overly self-impressed jerkoff! Just because Tucker Max speaks in third person and Tucker Max pretends he's James Bond, doesn't mean you should look down on Tucker Max.

Tucker Max is not happy with you.

It's Babs' Turn to Utter the Phrase....

[LittleGuy]

"I can see my house from here!
.
.
.
.
. .... call my lawyer!"

Re:Google's Cache to this story ..

[dipipanone]

Perhaps it was just me, but every time I read the name 'Tucker Max', I somehow found myself substituting the name 'Disco Stu'.

Re:New Slashdot Poll

[Phroggy]

Much as I might like to think that all the female readers of /. are lesbians, I think you need to include a man in there.

You know something about CowboyNeal you're not telling us?

Re:Google's Cache to this story ..

[Trolling4Dollars]

Who said you need tact to be a lawyer? ;P

Re:you didn't read the story, did you?

[Kintanon]

Yes, but the average intelligence of the MENSA meeting is MUCH closer to functionally retarded than is the population of South Florida.

Kintanon
Yes, I do think MENSA members are useless wankers.