Sad story. I wanted to find some pre echo of the Streisand effect but that's not really what's going on.

John Perry Barlow or Steward Brand effect, maybe.

Given that several good authors and books are on it, a possible source for mid-twentieth streisanded recommendations is: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23611730

For "pre-echo" I was reaching back to the rennaisance, and the reformation. I am sure that there are heaps of 19th century onwards cases.