Amazon reverses decision on book ban
Company says original ban not a mistake but thanks Netizens for feedback. [ZDNet News]
BU's Scientology Connection
Earle Cooley is chairman of Boston University's board of trustees. He's also made a career out of keeping L. Ron Hubbard's secrets, by raiding critics and suing journalists. [Bosto…
Church of Scientology Pays $8.7 Million to Ex-Member
Thought to be the first time the Church of Scientology has paid a judgement to an ex-member. Lawrence Wollersheim sued, claiming mental abuse by the church, and won. [Reuters]
Church of Scientology Settles Case
In 1986, a jury awarded Lawrence Wollersheim damages in a suit he filed against the Church of Scientology. Sixteen years later, Scientology officials finally wrote a check to end t…
Church of Scientology wields the DMCA, Google removes xenu.net
Anti-Scientology site suddenly disappeared from Google. The reason: the search engine buckled to the Church of Scientology's abuse of the DMCA to silence critics. [Kuro5hin]
Clams Pay Wollersheim
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]
Clark's big score, Case's big bore
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]
Cult church censured on drug ads
The Advertising Standards Authority found that the Scientology poster's claim of "salvaging" drug users included prescription medication, occasional social drinking and environment…
eBay E-Meter Auctions Yanked
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 provisio…
France puts Scientology sect on trial
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 mem…
FRG on W2K: No CoS
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 ris…
Google Does the Right Thing (Finally)
After protests, Google restored xenu.net's main page, but none of the subpages. The search engine's decision to publish the DMCA complaints, with URLs, is a smart move. [infoAnarch…
Google Relists Operation Clambake
After a furor over Google's removal of xenu.net from its database, the search engine relisted it--but only the main page. The other pages named in Scientology's DMCA complaint are…
Perspectives on church clash: Ex-member claims he was locked up
Article based on several interviews with Jesse Prince, former Inspector General of Scientology's Religious Technology Center, who says that when he tried to escape, he was kidnappe…
Scientologist drug claim on poster is censured
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint against the Church of Scientology. The ASA ruled that Scientology had not proven its claim to have rescued hundreds of th…
Scientologists Force Comment Off Slashdot
The Church of Scientology alleged that an anonymous comment violated their copyright. Under the terms of the DMCA, Slashdot was forced to remove the offending post--but listed link…
Scientology Doctor Faces Suspension
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-y…
Scientology link to drug case keeps jurors from reaching verdict
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…
Scientology Uses DMCA to Delist Critic's Website
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 res…
Scientology's Internet Wars
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…
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