Google Erasure of Anti Scientology Links :: Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Scientology v. Internet :: Response to Critics

404 Archive - Documents related to Scientology's lawsuits against critics and Internet providers. More specifically, deals with freedom of speech, of the press, and of association. 1994-present.
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A Web of Their Own - Scientologists say their Internet filter protects the faithful. Critics call it cult mind-control. [Salon.com]

About Scientology's Cookie-Cutter Web Pages - Explains how the Scientologist On-line program, which promoted flooding search engines with thousands of nearly-identical so-called personal pages, backfired on Scientology.
Meta Description: [ Information about my parody of Scientology's cookie-cutter web pages. Think for yourself, indeed! ]

404 About the Raid at XS4ALL - Some thoughts about the raid--conducted by a Dutch bailiff and lawyers from the Church of Scientology--on a small ISP in Amsterdam.

Anonymity: 0. Scientology: 1. - About the raid on anon.penet.fi, at the behest of the Church of Scientology. [Wired Magazine]

Anti-Scientology Site Shut Down - The owner of xenu.net reported that the site was shut down after the ISP received a letter from Scientology's Religious Technology Center alleging trademark infringement. [Slashdot]
Meta Description: [ Anti-Scientology Site Shut Down -- article related to Your Rights Online and Censorship. ]

Church of Scientology Censors Net Access for Members - Information about the CoS censorware that filters any site that may say anything critical about the organization.
Meta Description: [ There are cults out there that need to be exposed, because they destroy people. The Church of Scientology is such a cult, to back up this strong claim I need to collect some of their secret literature. I want you to read it and make up your own mind. ]

Church of Scientology fights Google - Civil libertarians were outraged when Google removed links to a site which portrays Scientology as a money-hungry cult. Scientology's legal threat may have backfired, since the critic's site now is second only to the Church's official site in search results. [BBC News]
Meta Description: [ The Church of Scientology takes its long-running battle against the distribution of its material on websites to one of the most popular search sites. ]

Clam-Nanny Cracked - The list of banned servers, forbidden newsgroups and censored words from the Church of Scientology censorware.

Copyright--Or Wrong? - The Church of Scientology takes up a new weapon--the Digital Millennium Copyright Act--in its ongoing battle with critics. [Salon.com]
Meta Description: [ Copyright -- or wrong?: The Church of Scientology takes up a new weapon -- the Digital Millennium Copyright Act -- in its ongoing battle with critics. ]

Cult forces Google to remove critical links - Reports on the Church of Scientology demand that Google remove links to Operation Clambake. [ZDNet UK]
Meta Description: [ The Church of Scientology is using the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act to remove links to a critical Web site from the Google search engine ]

Cyber-Rights: The Church of Scientology vs. the Net - Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility site outlines major events and trends in Scientology's war against fair use and freedom of speech online.

Exclusions from the Wayback Machine - An Internet Archive spokesperson states, on a message board, that materials were removed from the Wayback Machine because Scientology lawyers claimed ownership. This goes over like a lead balloon.

Getting Clear at BU? - Boston University chairman's legal role in Scientology copyright flap raises questions. [Salon.com]

Google Bows to Scientology! - Message board discussing Google's March 2002 removal of sites critical of Scientology.

Google Yanks Anti-Church Sites - The Church of Scientology has managed to remove references to anti-Scientology sites from Google, by citing the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Not the first time Scientology has used legal threats to stifle criticism. [Wired]
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404 How Ava Paquette Hoodwinked Google - An examination of the Scientology lawyer's DMCA complaint, which mixes charges of trademark infringements with alleged copyright issues. Going outside the scope of the law, she demanded that Google disable access to a site which criticizes Scientology.

Internet is battleground in foes' war of information - Around the clock, from Norway, the Netherlands, Australia and every corner of the United States, the critics of Scientology discuss the controversial organization and its practices. [St. Petersburg Times]

404 ISP Reveals Scientology Critic - In response to a subpoena, ATT on Monday released the identity of a WorldNet subscriber to Bridge Publications, a corporate arm of the Church of Scientology. [Wired]
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Net Archive Silences Scientology Critic - The Internet Archive, buckling under pressure from the Church of Scientology, removed all links to xenu.net, and replaced them with a notice claiming the pages had been removed per the request of the site owner. [CNET News.com]
Meta Description: [ Net archive silences Scientology critic | Buckling under pressure from the Church of Scientology, the Internet Archive wipes out links to all the archival pages of Xenu.net. | September 24, 2002, 1:05 PM PT | Lisa M. Bowman ]

Offlines Online - Contains author's personal story in Scientology, critical links, and reports of CoS harassment of its critics, covering incidents from 1995 to 1998.

Scientologists Lose a Round in Copyright fight - The war between Scientology and its online opponents may have no visible end, but victory in the latest skirmish goes to the Net. [Salon.com]
Meta Description: [ 21st Log: Scientologists lose a round in copyright fight ]

Scientologists Shut Down ISP - A report that Dutch ISP Xtended Internet was cut off by its upstream provider, after the Church of Scientology threatened legal action. Also mentions Google's capitulation to a DMCA threat from Scientology. [DSLreports.com]
Meta Description: [ Broadband news, information and community, Scientologists Shut Down ISP - ISP shut off over copyright issues ]

Scientologists shut ISP's Net connection - Dutch ISP Xtended Internet was cut off by its upstream provider after the Church of Scientology brandished legal threats against an Xtended customer who provides documents about Scientology. [ZDNet UK]
Meta Description: [ The Church of Scientology comes under scrutiny again. Dutch ISP Xtended Internet was cut off by its upstream provider after pressure from the Scientologists over a Web site that it hosted. ]

Scientology Cult Attacks XS4ALL - Contains links and press coverage both in Dutch and English translations.

Scientology on the World Wide Web - A collection of links to pro and con sites. [St. Petersburg Times]

Scientology Slips Through the Net - Reviews the Religious Technology Center v. Keith Henson case, in which Henson posted a document called NOTs 34 on the alt.religion.scientology newsgroup, and was fined for violating the Church of Scietology's copyright. [Wired]
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404 Scientology's Online Battle - An anonymous online critic of Scientology is the subject of a legal complaint targeting newsgroup postings of church doctrines. It is the latest move by the church to prosecute what it maintains are copyright abuses online. [Wired]
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The Church of Scientology vs. the Net - Journal of the events involving net-denizens and the Church of Scientology occurring in 1995 and 1996.

The Scientology sect vs. Internet - Panoramic view of the church of Scientology's dirty campaign against its critics on the Internet, from the raids on anon.penet.fi and XS4ALL to present-day censoring of the cult's own members.
Meta Description: [ Scientology information ]

Wayback Machine Purged of Scientology Criticism - Report that the Wayback Machine, an archive of web sites, has censored anti-Scientology site xenu.net. Links and reader discussion. [Slashdot]
Meta Description: [ Wayback Machine Purged of Scientology Criticism -- article related to Your Rights Online and Censorship. ]

Xenu Do, But Not on Slashdot - Scientology's notoriously litigious attack attorneys strong-armed Slashdot editors into deleting a discussion board message, which allegedly contained copyrighted material. [Wired]
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