Religion and Spirituality: Opposing Views: Scientology: News and Media: Page 5

Search engine Google caved in to demands from the "Church" of Scientology that it delete URLs pointing to a site critical of the cult. [The Register]

Church of Scientology International threatens to sue two sites critical of it, on grounds of alleged trademark and copyright violations. [CNET news.com]

A book removed from Amazon's site because of alleged legal troubles is now among the top 150 books sold by the online bookstore. [Wired]

Judge rules that Dr. David Minkoff illegally prescribed Valium and chloral hydrate to Lisa McPherson at the behest of fellow Scientologists, and recommends a $10,000 fine and one-year license suspension. [Tampa Tribune]

The German government is examining whether a utility developed by a Scientologist would prohibit public agencies from installing Windows 2000. [Wired]

Jurors in a misdemeanor case against Jesse Prince, a critic of the Church of Scientology, were unable to reach a verdict after some on the panel suspected the church had set him up. The vote was deadlocked at 4-2 in favor of acquittal. [Associated Press]

The Church of Scientology used the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to strong-arm search engine Google into removing several pages of anti-Scientology site xenu.net from search results and directory. [Slashdot]

Is Hollywood on the wrong side in Germany's "Church" vs. state furor? [Salon.com]

Scientology is locked in an international legal war to remove copies of their super-secret "scriptures" from the Internet, obtaining federal court orders to raid and confiscate the homes and offices of four of their most vocal critics. [The Watchman Expositor]

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