Explains how the Scientologist On-line program, which promoted flooding search engines with thousands of nearly-identical so-called "personal" pages, backfired on Scientology.
(Added: Thu Jan 01 2004) ID 6161
The owner of xenu.net reported that the site was shut down subsequent to the ISP received a letter from Scientology's Religious Technology Center alleging trademark infringement. [Slashdot]
(Added: Thu Jan 01 2004) ID 6173
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 at this point in time is second only to the Church's official site in search results. [BBC News]
(Added: Thu Jan 01 2004) ID 6192
The Church of Scientology takes up a new weapon--the Digital Millennium Copyright Act--in its ongoing battle with critics. [Salon.com]
(Added: Thu Jan 01 2004) ID 6180
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]
(Added: Thu Jan 01 2004) ID 6188
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 ask for of the site owner." [CNET News.com]
(Added: Thu Jan 01 2004) ID 6177
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]
(Added: Thu Jan 01 2004) ID 6181
A report that Dutch ISP Xtended Internet was cut off by its upstream provider, subsequent to the Church of Scientology threatened legal action. Also mentions Google's capitulation to a DMCA threat from Scientology. [DSLreports.com]
(Added: Thu Jan 01 2004) ID 6170
Dutch ISP Xtended Internet was cut off by its upstream provider subsequent to the Church of Scientology brandished legal threats against an Xtended customer who provides documents about Scientology. [ZDNet UK]
(Added: Thu Jan 01 2004) ID 6171
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]
(Added: Thu Jan 01 2004) ID 6187
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.
(Added: Thu Jan 01 2004) ID 6158
Report that the Wayback Machine, an archive of web sites, has censored anti-Scientology site xenu.net. Links and reader discussion. [Slashdot]
(Added: Thu Jan 01 2004) ID 6179
