Google Erasure of Anti-Scientology Links (Society/Issues/Intellectual_Property/Copyrights/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act/Google_Erasure_of_Anti-Scientology_Links)
up Google Erasure of Anti-Scientology LinksGoogle removed links to prominent anti-Scientology sites in response to a DMCA violation notice served to them by the Church of Scientology's lawyers.EntriesGoogle Pulls Anti-Scientology Links http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-865936.html "Google was accused Wednesday of effectively removing from the Internet a Web site that is critical of the Church of Scientology after it deleted links to some of the site's pages from its search engine." By Matt Loney and Evan Hansen. [CNet] Hazards of the DMCA http://news.cnet.com/2010-1071-866940.html Dave Winer writes that Google's banning of a site critical of Scientology is the first scene in a Constitutional nightmare. The DMCA threatens freedom of speech. [CNET News.com] Google Runs Into Copyright Dispute http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/22/technology/ebusiness/22NECO.html Summarizes the course of events in Scientology's efforts to remove links to critics' sites from Google, and the search engine's response of providing the DMCA complaints (and links) to another site for publication. Requires free registration. [New York Times] Google Yanks Anti-Church Sites http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2002/03/51233 The Church of Scientology has managed to remove references to anti-Scientology sites from Google, by citing the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act. [Wired] Google Publicizes DMCA Takedowns http://slashdot.org/yro/02/04/12/1742220.shtml Short note about Google linking to DMCA claims from Scientology lawyers, followed by lively discussion. [Slashdot] Google Relists Operation Clambake http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/22/0141250 "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 and reader discussion. [Slashdot] Google vs. DMCA and Scientology http://slashdot.org/yro/02/04/22/130223.shtml Discussion of a New York Times story on the Church of Scientology's DMCA complaints and Google's response. [Slashdot] Scientology Uses DMCA to Delist Critic's Website http://slashdot.org/yro/02/03/21/0453200.shtml 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 and directory. [Slashdot] Scientologists Gag Google http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/03/22/scientologists_gag_google/ "Web search outfit Google has caved in to demands from the 'Church' of Scientology demanding that it delete URLs from its database directing Web surfers to certain pages maintained by Xenu.net, a well-known CoS critic." [The Register] MetaFilter Comments http://www.metafilter.com/comments.mefi/15684 News brief misascribing cause of removal to "googlebombing", and ensuing reader discussion. Google Makes Scientology Infringement Demand Public http://searchenginewatch.com/2159691 Google has made public the letter it received from Scientology lawyers demanding it remove critical content from its search engine, complete with a list of allegedly infringing URLs. [SearchDay] Cult Forces Google to Remove Critical Links http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,2107088,00.htm "The Church of Scientology is using the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act to remove links to a critical Web site from the Google search engine." By Matt Loney. [ZDNet UK] Google Asked to Delist Scientology Critics http://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca512/notice.cgi?NoticeID=232 Copy of the letter from Church of Scientology law firm Moxon and Kobrin, demanding that Google remove xenu.net. Scientology Complaint to Google #2 http://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca512/notice.cgi?NoticeID=252 Letter to Google from Church of Scientology, demands the removal of clambake.org, a mirror of Operation Clambake. Scientology Complaint to Google #3 http://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca512/notice.cgi?NoticeID=253 Religious Technology Center (Church of Scientology) tells Google to yank a Norwegian personal page. Scientology Complaint to Google #4 http://chillingeffects.org/dmca512/notice.cgi?NoticeID=266 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. Text of DMCA complaint. Scientology Lawyer Promises to Continue "Appropriate Action" http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6007 Helena Kobrin writes that her firm is merely protecting intellectual property rights. [Linux Journal] Church of Scientology Wields the DMCA, Google Removes Xenu.net http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/3/21/8503/37759 "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 do not remove pages." News and reader discussion. [Kuro5hin] Google Censors xenu.net? http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/3/20/8222/92911 "Google has chosen to block Operation Clambake from their search results." News and reader discussion. [kuro5hin] FACTNet: Google, Censorship and Scientology? http://www.factnet.org/Scientology/Google_Scientology.html Press release from Fight Against Coercive Tactics Network. Related categoriesDanish Linking Law Sites concerning the legal implications of hyperlinking, including inlining and framing pages against their author's permission, and the Scientology v. Internet Sites regarding the efforts made by the Church of Scientology to stifle free speech on the Internet. Scientology v. Internet Since public use of the internet became popular in the mid-1990s, there has been some controversy over the proper use of internet in the discussion of Scientology. 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