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Scientologists Lose a Round in Copyright fight - http://archive.salon.com/21st/log/1998/11/10log.html
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] |
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Clam-Nanny Cracked - http://www.taniwha.com/crack.list.html
The list of banned servers, forbidden newsgroups and censored words from the Church of Scientology censorware. |
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Getting Clear at BU? - http://www.salon.com/media/media960515.html
Boston University chairman's legal role in Scientology copyright flap raises questions. [Salon.com] |
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The Church of Scientology vs. the Net - http://www.thecia.net/users/rnewman/scientology/home.html
Journal of the events involving net-denizens and the Church of Scientology occurring in 1995 and 1996. |
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Exclusions from the Wayback Machine - http://www.archive.org/iathreads/post-view.php?id=778
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. |
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Net Archive Silences Scientology Critic - http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-959236.html
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] |
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Church of Scientology fights Google - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1949879.stm
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] |
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Xenu Do, But Not on Slashdot - http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2001/03/42486
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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About Scientology's Cookie-Cutter Web Pages - http://www.scientology-lies.com/aboutspam.html
Explains how the Scientologist On-line program, which promoted flooding search engines with thousands of nearly-identical so-called "personal" pages, backfired on Scientology. |
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Cyber-Rights: The Church of Scientology vs. the Net - http://cpsr.org/prevsite/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/web/current-scientology.html/
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility site outlines major events and trends in Scientology's war against fair use and freedom of speech online. |
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Scientologists Shut Down ISP - http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/16197
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] |
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Anti-Scientology Site Shut Down - http://slashdot.org/yro/99/11/19/0219227.shtml
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] |
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Wayback Machine Purged of Scientology Criticism - http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/02/09/24/226253.shtml
Report that the Wayback Machine, an archive of web sites, has censored anti-Scientology site xenu.net. Links and reader discussion. [Slashdot] |
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Scientology Slips Through the Net - http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/1998/05/12355
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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Scientologists shut ISP's Net connection - http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-866656.html
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] |