| 2. | Scientology v. the Internet | | | Overview--reprinted from Skeptic magazine--of what critics claim are efforts to stifle free speech on the Internet.
www.skeptic.com |
| 3. | Clam-Nanny Cracked | | | The list of banned servers, forbidden newsgroups and censored words from the Church of Scientology censorware.
www.taniwha.com |
| 5. | The Scientology sect vs. Internet | | | 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.
www.xs4all.nl |
| 7. | Offlines Online | | | Contains author's personal story in Scientology, critical links, and reports of CoS harassment of its critics, covering incidents from 1995 to 1998.
www.offlines.org |
| 10. | About the Raid at XS4ALL | | | Some thoughts about the raid--conducted by a Dutch bailiff and lawyers from the Church of Scientology--on a small ISP in Amsterdam.
www.df.lth.se |
| 12. | On-Line Service Providers | | | Detailed 1996 article examines the different legal standards for liability of BBS operators, depending on whether the complaint was defamation or copyright.
www.ascusc.org |
| 15. | Archive | | | Documents related to Scientology's lawsuits against critics and Internet providers. More specifically, deals with freedom of speech, of the press, and of association. 1994-present.
www.eff.org |
| 16. | Google Bows to Scientology! | | | Message board discussing Google's March 2002 removal of sites critical of Scientology.
boards.straightdope.com |
| 17. | Scientologists Shut Down ISP | | | A report that Dutch ISP Xtended Internet was cut off by its upstream provider, after the Church of Scientology threatened legal action. Also mentions Google's capitulation to a DMCA threat from Scientology. [DSLreports.com]
www.dslreports.com |
| 18. | Scientologists shut ISP's Net connection | | | Dutch ISP Xtended Internet was cut off by its upstream provider after the Church of Scientology brandished legal threats against an Xtended customer who provides documents about Scientology. [ZDNet UK]
zdnet.com.com |
| 19. | The Religious Hunt Continues | | | Scientologists work hard hunting down people who publish revealing facts on the Internet. Questionable law is used to scare the Internet providers into closing down Norwegian home pages. [Dagbladet]
home.online.no |
| 20. | Anti-Scientology Site Shut Down | | | The owner of xenu.net reported that the site was shut down after the ISP received a letter from Scientology's Religious Technology Center alleging trademark infringement. [Slashdot]
slashdot.org |
| 22. | How Ava Paquette Hoodwinked Google | | | An examination of the Scientology lawyer's DMCA complaint, which mixes charges of trademark infringements with alleged copyright issues. Going outside the scope of the law, she demanded that Google disable access to a site which criticizes Scientology.
www.digl-watch.com |
| 23. | Exclusions from the Wayback Machine | | | An Internet Archive spokesperson states, on a message board, that materials were removed from the Wayback Machine because Scientology lawyers claimed ownership. This goes over like a lead balloon.
www.archive.org |
| 25. | Sherman, Set the Wayback Machine for Scientology | | | The Wayback Machine has removed entire domains from its archive at the request of Scientology lawyers. What's worse, they do not allow the censored sites to defend themselves, or even notify them. [LawMeme]
research.yale.edu |
| 27. | Copyright--Or Wrong? | | | The Church of Scientology takes up a new weapon--the Digital Millennium Copyright Act--in its ongoing battle with critics. [Salon.com]
www.salon.com |
| 30. | Getting Clear at BU? | | | Boston University chairman's legal role in Scientology copyright flap raises questions. [Salon.com]
www.salon.com |
| 31. | Internet is battleground in foes' war of information | | | 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]
www.sptimes.com |
| 34. | Scientology Slips Through the Net | | | 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]
www.wired.com |
| 35. | Google Yanks Anti-Church Sites | | | 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]
www.wired.com |
| 36. | Xenu Do, But Not on Slashdot | | | Scientology's notoriously litigious attack attorneys strong-armed Slashdot editors into deleting a discussion board message, which allegedly contained copyrighted material. [Wired]
www.wired.com |
| 37. | ISP Reveals Scientology Critic | | | T on Monday released the identity of a WorldNet subscriber to Bridge Publications, a corporate arm of the Church of Scientology. [Wired]
www.wired.com |
| 38. | Scientology's Online Battle | | | An anonymous online critic of Scientology is the subject of a legal complaint targeting newsgroup postings of church doctrines. It is the latest move by the church to prosecute what it maintains are copyright abuses online. [Wired]
www.wired.com |
| 39. | Church of Scientology fights Google | | | 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]
news.bbc.co.uk |
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