I see that what you posted is on google's servers. Doesn't that mean they are effectively distributing it themselves?

> Predates so-called "Streisand Effect"

DeCSS was released in 1999; Mecha Streisand episode of South Park was 1998.

What has South Park got to do with it? The "Streisand Effect" was because of Streisand suing a photographer in 2003 causing people to realise where she lived and getting photos of her house, and the phrase was coined in 2005 by Techdirt.

There must be some kind of Mandela effect going on since I feel quite sure I was using this in 1998 after Streisand voiced distaste at the South Park episode.

Mecha-Streisand re-appeared in South Park’s 200th’s episode in 2010; Perhaps that’s what you were thinking of?