Religion and Spirituality: Opposing Views: Scientology: News and Media: Page 2

Scientologists say side panels on the buses carried ads attacking their church, violating state law. [St. Petersburg Times]

After a vicious 22-year legal battle, the Church of Scientology finally paid Lawrence Wollersheim $8.7 million they owed him from a lawsuit judgment. [Kuro5hin]

As Compaq looks to clean up yet one more mess, Amazon offers a textbook example of how to shoot one's self in the foot. [ZDNet News]

The Church of Scientology has been ordered to pay 6 million euros in damages to a former member who claimed they pushed him to the brink of suicide. [The Daily Record]

On October 23, 1996 the law firm which has represented the Church of Scientology for years purchased the logo and license agreement of the Cult Awareness Network (CAN).

The Advertising Standards Authority found that the Scientology poster's claim of "salvaging" drug users included prescription medication, occasional social drinking and environmental toxins as "drug use." [Guardian]

The Florida Board of Medicine suspends Scientologist Dr. David I. Minkoff's medical license for one year, and furthermore rules that he is on probation for two years after that. [Associated Press]

Although anyone can buy an e-meter, eBay has yanked auctions of e-meters after the Church of Scientology claimed that copyright protection applies to the devices under the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. [Slashdot]

The Church of Scientology has been charged with abuse of civil liberties and attempted fraud, in the first French court case against the organisation rather than its individual members. [The Guardian]

Readers discuss Microsoft's decision to provide instructions to Germans on how to remove defrag from Win2K because the software developer's CEO is a Scientologist. The security risk is no joke. [Slashdot]