- Google Censors Scientology Critics - "The search engine Google is censoring the Internet's leading critic of the Church of Scientology, Operation Clambake." [Daily Rotten]
- Church of Scientology Wields the DMCA, Google Removes Xenu.net - "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 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. [Wired]
- Google Pulls, Replaces Web Page Critical of Scientology - Article with comments from a Google spokesperson, a Scientology lawyer, and a staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. By Elinor Mills Abreu. [Reuters]
- DMCA Used to Remove Scientology Critics from Google - Google accused of censorship for removing links to a site critical of Scientology from the search engine and its directory. Raises the question of how many other sites may be missing. [InfoAnarchy]
- Scientology Uses DMCA to Delist Critic's Website - 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]
- Google Removes DMCA Offenders; Anti-Scientology Sites the Latest - Google's swift removal of anti-Scientology sites is only a tip of the iceberg. Search engines cannot be trusted as long as the DMCA forces providers to cut off materials on a mere allegation, under threat of legal action. [Geek.com]
- 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]
- FACTNet: Google, Censorship and Scientology? - Press release from Fight Against Coercive Tactics Network.
- Church v. Google, Round 2 - Update on the status of xenu.net. The majority of the pages are still censored, though the front page has been relisted. The Church of Scientology's notification of a DMCA violation is spurious since it claims a trademark infringement not a copyright infr
- Google Pulls Anti-Scientology Links - "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]
- Google Censored by the Church of Scientology and the DMCA - "Any yahoo (no pun intended) can now have other people's materials removed from any search tool, just by writing a spurious poison-pen letter." [Boing Boing]
- MetaFilter Comments - News brief misascribing cause of removal to "googlebombing", and ensuing reader discussion.
- 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
- Cult Forces Google to Remove Critical Links - "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]
- Hazards of the DMCA - 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 Relists Operation Clambake - "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 removes anti-Scientology Web links - The Church of Scientology threatened legal action under the DMCA against Google unless the search engine removed sites critical of Scientology. [CBC News]
- Google Censors xenu.net? - "Google has chosen to block Operation Clambake from their search results." News and reader discussion. [kuro5hin]
- Google Embroiled in Scientology Debate - Summary and analysis of the Xenu.net removal. [Search Engine Watch]
- Google Asked to Delist Scientology Critics - Copy of the letter from Church of Scientology law firm Moxon & Kobrin, demanding that Google remove xenu.net.
- Scientology Complaint to Google - 2
- Scientology Complaint to Google - 3
- Google Publicizes DMCA Takedowns - Short note about Google linking to DMCA claims from Scientology lawyers, followed by lively discussion. [Slashdot]
- Google Makes Scientology Infringement Demand Public - 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]
- Scientology Complaint to Google - 4
- Google vs. DMCA and Scientology - Discussion of a New York Times story on the Church of Scientology's DMCA complaints and Google's response. [Slashdot]
- Scientology Lawyer Promises to Continue "Appropriate Action" - Helena Kobrin writes that her firm is merely protecting intellectual property rights. [Linux Journal]
- The Google Way - Examines Google's response to Scientology's DMCA claims. Quotes lawyers for Google, the Church of Scientology, Ask Jeeves, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. [Corporate Counsel]
- Google Runs Into Copyright Dispute - 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 Ti
- Church of Scientology simply defended copyrights - Church of Scientology International Vice President on the Scientology-Google controversy. [The Mercury News]
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