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Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Scientology fights critics with 4,000 DMCA takedown notices

A huge trove of critical videos of Scientology was targeted for takedown late last week by a group called American Rights Counsel. The group sent more than 4,000 DMCA takedown notices to YouTube and claimed that every video infringed on its copyrights, according to the EFF.

1 comment:

  1. The Church of Scientology didn't make the takedown request. One man did, apparently an overzealous Scientologist. Church HQ can't be held responsible for the actions of its parishioners, any more than the Vatican is responsible for all Catholics.

    Countries like France, Germany and Australia are infamous for being intolerant of alternative religions, so pointing to the Church's troubles in those places is pretty meaningless. Wiccans and Crowleyites and New Agers get harassed there too.

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