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Dutch Court Rules That Linking Is Legal In Scientology Case
touretzky writes "The Court of Appeal in The Hague today rejected all of Scientology's claims in appeal in Scientology's action against XS4ALL, Karin Spaink and ten other internet providers. As a result,
Karin Spaink's website, which Scientology sought to remove from the Internet based on copyright claims, is entirely legal in the Netherlands. The court also overturned two lower court rulings, one of which said that linking to material that infringed a copyright was itself actionable. The other ruling said that ISPs that failed to act on credible notification of a copyright violation could be held liable for that. The Appeals Court felt that this was too vague a standard, and thus posed a threat to free speech. More info at ScientologyWatch.org."
I first read that as "Thinking ruled is legal in Scientology Case" and thought "It's about time!". Oh well. I wouldn't dare think anything about the case... Hold on... Someone's at my door.
I for one welcome our new Church of Scientology overlords
Scientology = a satanic cult.
;-)
They never call it that, but that's what all of the teachings really are. Their basic ideas is that you are the center of the universe, and anything you do to anybody to obtain your goals is OK. And their rituals (with the E-meter) are just as strange. The only reason for giving it a different name is that "Scientology" is able to recruit celebrities, while those same celebrities typically avoid anything with obvious satanic connotations.
(of course the way Bill Gates manages Microsoft often reminds me of Scientology, but that's a separate topic
Here is what dictionary.com says:
scientology: log in for this definition of scientology and other entries in Webster's Millennium(TM) Dictionary of English, available only to Dictionary.com Premium members
New year Resolution: Don't change sig this year
You haven't been here long enough...
All copyrights are bad except things copyrighted by the GPL.
I think a litmus test for all future court cases should be: "If the case is brought by the Church of Scientology, it must have no merit."
God is real unless declared integer.
XS4ALL is also the host of Python's official web site, so in a small way - probably a very very small way - this is also a victory for open source!
I get so confused by propaganda - is that the same religion that spreads the virgin birth and cannibalism nonsense...or are there others?
-- Free software on every PC on every desk
Every Slashdotter knows no-one reads them anyway....
Boffoonery - downloadable Comedy Benefit for Bletchley Park
Surely Sonny Bono wasn't the only person who couldn't see any reason why copyrights should ever run out. I bet people like Jack Valenti would likely agree. So by extension, there most likely are people who would see nothing wrong with someone (the anglican church? the british royals? heirs of the translators?) having copyright to the King James Version of the bible.
> Ought to deal with Scientologists the same way. If their work is so secret that they cannot have it published, then perhaps they are consorting with Baphomet too!
Nah, Baphy told them to stuff it. Standards to maintain, kind of thing.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
> Here is the document that Slashdot removed when COS threatened them with the DMCA: http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Fishman/Declaration/
Yeah, I can kinda see why they wouldn't want anyone to see that. Out of context it could leave the impression that they were some kind of k00ks or something.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
This is because Christianity has lost it's power base. Remember they used to burn people alive for translating the bible from latin just because doing so allowed the actual doctrine to leak out to ordinary people.
Hidden secrets are common in religions. A cynic might say this is because the stuff whichis most obviously bollocks has to be kept from people who haven't yet been brainwashed into complete gullability, but I couldn't say such a thing or Hastur will ge.....
_O_
.|< The named which can be named is not the true named
Once upon a time I actually did one of those Scientology personality tests (in my defense: it was sort of early in the mid-afternoon and the sun was really, really quite uncomfortably bright and I was really hung-over and ... well, anyway, it's a long story) and it was the greatest thing: I never heard from them again and could always say -- truthfully -- to all those pesky Scientologists accosting you on the street trying to make you take one that I already had.
On the other hand, you know you're really f*cked when not even the Scientologists want you.
The liver is evil and must be punished.
I can't resist...
"Hmmm, well isn't that special. Posting links to church secrets. Who could be behind this? I just can't imagine who...
Could it be... THETANS?"
Props to the Church Lady :)
Binary geeks can count to 1,023 on their fingers
Why is it that I get a Microsoft ad to go with this article on Scientology.
....
Strange, hmm
I guarantee that neither Moses, Matthew, Mark, Luke, nor John will sue your ass...
And even if they did, you could always turn the... um, other cheek.