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| | Church of Scientology Pays $8.7 Million to Ex-Member  |
| | Thought to be the first time the Church of Scientology has paid a judgement to an ex-member. Lawrence Wollersheim sued, claiming mental abuse by the church, and won. [Reuters] (May 11, 2002)
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/3245385.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp |
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| | Church of Scientology Settles Case |
| | In 1986, a jury awarded Lawrence Wollersheim damages in a suit he filed against the Church of Scientology. Sixteen years later, Scientology officials finally wrote a check to end the case. [Associated Press] (May 11, 2002)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-1726623,00.html |
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| | Church of Scientology wields the DMCA, Google removes xenu.net |
| | Anti-Scientology site suddenly disappeared from Google. The reason: the search engine buckled to the Church of Scientology's abuse of the DMCA to silence critics. [Kuro5hin] (March 21, 2002)
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/3/21/8503/37759 |
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| | Church v Google, round 2 |
| | Although xenu.net is once again listed in Google, the core issue has not changed: the Church of Scientology is using the DMCA to censor its critics. And, through sleight of hand, Scientology tries to apply copyright law to alleged infringement of trademarks in meta tags. [Microcontent News] (March 22, 2002)
http://microcontentnews.com/articles/googleupdate.htm |
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| | Church v. Google: How the Church of Scientology is Forcing Google to Censor its Critics |
| | Long article on the popular search engine Google, attempts of webmasters to boost ratings, Scientology's use of copyright law to muzzle critics. Questions raised by Scientology's using the DMCA to remove critics from search engine database. [Microcontent News] (March 21, 2002)
http://www.microcontentnews.com/articles/googlechurch.htm |
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| | Church's Complaints Take Buses off Road |
| | Scientologists say side panels on the buses carried ads attacking their church, violating state law. [St. Petersburg Times] (December 9, 1998)
http://www.sptimes.com/TampaBay/120998/Church_s_complaints_t.html |
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| | Clams Pay Wollersheim |
| | After a vicious 22-year legal battle, the Church of Scientology finally paid Lawrence Wollersheim $8.7 million they owed him from a lawsuit judgment. [Kuro5hin] (May 11, 2002)
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/5/10/104726/587 |
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| | Clark's big score, Case's big bore |
| | As Compaq looks to clean up yet one more mess, Amazon offers a textbook example of how to shoot one's self in the foot. [ZDNet News] (May 21, 1999)
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-11-514712.html |
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| | Critical Information Studies--Alternative Religion |
| | Newspaper articles translated from German and Russian into English, special reports. Mainly about Scientology, with some coverage of other cults in Europe.
http://www.cisar.org/ |
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| | Cult Abuse Victim Wins [Euro]6M Payout |
| | The Church of Scientology has been ordered to pay 6 million euros in damages to a former member who claimed they pushed him to the brink of suicide. [The Daily Record] (May 11, 2002)
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/page.cfm?objectid=11860716&method=full |
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