Church of Scientology Wields the DMCA, Google Removes Xenu.net
"The Church of Scientology has abused the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) to get Google to remove a bunch of links. Google caved at once, even though they claim that they d…
DMCA Used to Remove Scientology Critics from Google
Google accused of censorship for removing links to a site critical of Scientology from the search engine and its directory. Raises the question of how many other sites may be missi…
Google Asked to Delist Scientology Critics
Copy of the letter from Church of Scientology law firm Moxon & Kobrin, demanding that Google remove xenu.net.
Google Censors Scientology Critics
"The search engine Google is censoring the Internet's leading critic of the Church of Scientology, Operation Clambake." [Daily Rotten]
Google Censors xenu.net?
"Google has chosen to block Operation Clambake from their search results." News and reader discussion. [kuro5hin]
Google Publicizes DMCA Takedowns
Short note about Google linking to DMCA claims from Scientology lawyers, followed by lively discussion. [Slashdot]
Google Relists Operation Clambake
"Google only relisted Xenu.net's homepage (where the copyright claims by Scientology were clearly bogus), not the rest of the pages listed in Scientology's DMCA complaint." News an…
Google vs. DMCA and Scientology
Discussion of a New York Times story on the Church of Scientology's DMCA complaints and Google's response. [Slashdot]
MetaFilter Comments
News brief misascribing cause of removal to "googlebombing", and ensuing reader discussion.
Scientology Complaint to Google #2
Letter to Google from Church of Scientology, demands the removal of clambake.org, a mirror of Operation Clambake.
Scientology Complaint to Google #3
Religious Technology Center (Church of Scientology) tells Google to yank a Norwegian personal page.
Scientology Complaint to Google #4
Religious Technology Center and Bridge Publications demand, on behalf of the Church of Scientology, that Google delete posts from its Usenet archive of alt.religion.scientology. Te…
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 an anti-Scientology site from search results a…
The Google Way
Examines Google's response to Scientology's DMCA claims. Quotes lawyers for Google, the Church of Scientology, Ask Jeeves, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. [Corporate Counse…