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Scientology Uses DMCA to Delist Critic's Website

Posted by michael on from the legal-innovations dept.

touretzky writes: "Scientology has used a DMCA threat to force removal of a large number of pages from xenu.net from the Google search engine. Some of the pages Scientology is objecting to contain no material owned by the cult; other pages are clearly covered under "fair use". Scientology's ongoing abuse of Google is documented here. Of course, the Norwegian owner of xenu.net could write a counternotification letter, but that would require him to agree to the jurisdiction of a US court in a district of Scientology's choosing." The posting by Heldal-Lund agrees with what we can observe at Google - the pages listed in the posting aren't in Google's database, though many others are. Update: 03/21 14:16 GMT by M : Paul Wouters of xtdnet.nl (which hosts xenu.net) submits this page documenting Scientology's attacks against the ISP for continuing to host xenu.net.

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  1. first pig by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first pig

  2. Report: Slashdot.org is Dying by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Slashdot.org is in fact dead!!

  3. Harry Ballz by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Smoke poles everyday

  4. Second OT I by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Route I ... The entire 15 steps as listed in "Creation
    of Human Ability".

    With an E-Meter, scan out entire present lifetime to a
    floating needle.

    Mock-up heat until body feels warm.

    Postulating mass: With the use of the E-Meter and the
    command "I have Mass", create a reactive mind. Put
    sufficient significance on to it to cause the T.A- to
    rise. Then spot it until the T.A. falls and the mass
    erases. Run to an FIN. Then mock it up again and erase
    it each time to a floating needle. This procedure is
    repeated until the pre-OT is certain he can create and
    dissipate a reactive mind.

  5. Re:DMCA as a religion by geeky-troll · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    However, It *did* get frost piss *and* a positive rating.. go figure..

  6. Re:What's with scientology? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You're just living in fear of a clear planet.

    The few, the weird, the OT VIII!

  7. Re: Borg-Ferengi alliance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ever notice that there are no Borg'd Ferengi? Makes one wonder ...

  8. The best Scientology info is in his OTHER books... by teamhasnoi · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    L Ron Hubbard was a fine writer. Battlefield Earth is an excellent book (before Travota). R. Ron Hubbard also wrote a huge series of books called Mission Earth. 10 volumes! A zillion pages. Also very good.

    Before you say, "Shut up you.. you... Scientologist!", let me point out that the main character in both Battlefield Earth and Mission Earth (10 full novels!) was a guy who was concerned with security. This guy lied, cheated, stole, and killed to reach his goals. Not just just a little, ALOT. It permeated every fibre of both characters. There was not a moment when these two were NOT scheming, planning on killing someone for small gains or devising ways to get "leverage" over their enemies. They viewed others (apart from themseves) as bags of meat.

    My point to all of this is that L. Ron Hubbard was a writer. Take into account that writers "write what they know" (even a little, he wrote THOUSANDS of pages featuring these characters), and you have all the anti-Scientology information you need. L. RON. HUBBARD - GOOD writer, BAD religous leader.

    If Travolta is reading this: I loved PULP FICTION