Scientology v. Internet
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Copyright--Or Wrong?
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/07/22/scientology/index.html
The Church of Scientology takes up a new weapon--the Digital Millennium Copyright Act--in its ongoing battle with critics. [Salon.com]
Scientologists Lose a Round in Copyright fight
http://www.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]
A Web of Their Own
http://www.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/07/15feature.html
Scientologists say their Internet filter protects the faithful. Critics call it "cult mind-control." [Salon.com]
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]
Internet is battleground in foes' war of information
http://www.sptimes.com/News/32999/Worldandnation/Internet_is_battlegro.html
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]
Scientology on the World Wide Web
http://www.sptimes.com/News/32999/Worldandnation/Scientology_on_the_Wo.html
A collection of links to pro and con sites. [St. Petersburg Times]
Scientology Slips Through the Net
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,12355,00.html
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]
Google Yanks Anti-Church Sites
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51233,00.html
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]
Xenu Do, But Not on Slashdot
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,42486,00.html
Scientology's notoriously litigious attack attorneys strong-armed Slashdot editors into deleting a discussion board message, which allegedly contained copyrighted material. [Wired]
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]
Offlines Online
http://members.aol.com/clkates/
Contains author's personal story in Scientology, critical links, and reports of CoS harassment of its critics, covering incidents from 1995 to 1998.


