Sites regarding the efforts made by the Church of Scientology to stifle free speech on the Internet. 1. 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] 2. Cult forces Google to remove critical links - Reports on the Church of Scientology demand that Google remove links to Operation Clambake. [ZDNet UK] 3. 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] 4. 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] 5. Scientology on the World Wide Web - A collection of links to pro and con sites. [St. Petersburg Times] 6. A Web of Their Own - Scientologists say their Internet filter protects the faithful. Critics call it "cult mind-control." [Salon.com] 7. About Scientology's Cookie-Cutter Web Pages - Explains how the Scientologist On-line program, which promoted flooding search engines with thousands of nearly-identical so-called "personal" pages, backfired on Scientology. 8. Anonymity: 0. Scientology: 1. - About the raid on anon.penet.fi, at the behest of the Church of Scientology. [Wired Magazine] 9. 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] 10. Church of Scientology Censors Net Access for Members - Information about the CoS censorware that filters any site that may say anything critical about the organization. 11. 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] 12. Clam-Nanny Cracked - The list of banned servers, forbidden newsgroups and censored words from the Church of Scientology censorware. 13. Cyber-Rights: The Church of Scientology vs. the Net - Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility site outlines major events and trends in Scientology's war against fair use and freedom of speech online. 14. 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. 15. Getting Clear at BU? - Boston University chairman's legal role in Scientology copyright flap raises questions. [Salon.com] 16. Google Bows to Scientology! - Message board discussing Google's March 2002 removal of sites critical of Scientology. 17. 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. 18. Net Archive Silences Scientology Critic - The Internet Archive, buckling under pressure from the Church of Scientology, removed all links to xenu.net, and replaced them with a notice claiming the pages had been removed "per the request of the site owner." [CNET News.com] 19. 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. 20. Scientologists Lose a Round in Copyright fight - The war between Scientology and its online opponents may have no visible end, but victory in the latest skirmish goes to the Net. [Salon.com] 21. 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] 22. 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] 23. Scientology Cult Attacks XS4ALL - Contains links and press coverage both in Dutch and English translations. 24. 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] 25. The Church of Scientology vs. the Net - Journal of the events involving net-denizens and the Church of Scientology occurring in 1995 and 1996. 26. The Scientology sect vs. Internet - Panoramic view of the "church" 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. 27. Wayback Machine Purged of Scientology Criticism - Report that the Wayback Machine, an archive of web sites, has censored anti-Scientology site xenu.net. Links and reader discussion. [Slashdot] 28. 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]

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