alt_religion_scientology/FACTNetARS19980204

From: FACTNet International < XXX-Obsolete.email.Deleted-XXX >
Subject: Scientology launches attack on two web sites (1/30/98)
Date: 1998/02/04
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Scientology has threatened the owners of two web sites with legal action
unless they make changes to their pages.

Ray Randolph, owner of the "Scientology Kills" web site is accused of
trademark violation for using "Scientology" in his domain name and
selling t-shirts from his site at which say "$cientology KILLS!"

Tilman Hausherr in Berlin runs the second site. Scientology disputes his
use -- through altered graphics -- of "$" in spelling Scientology and
his depiction of Scientology's leader with a Pinocchio nose, suggesting
he is a liar. Mr. Hausherr contends the images are parodies.

Scientology has threatened to sue both Randolph and Hausherr unless they
remove the "trademark violations" from their web sites. As reported
January 29, 1998 by CNET, "The warnings are the latest in a long string
of actions taken by the church involving the Internet. Web sites owners
have been raided, computers have been seized, and Net access providers
have been asked to remove newsgroup postings that the church finds
objectionable."

Both Randolph and Tilman have details on Scientology's threats
(including actual letters from Scientology) on their respective web
sites, which are still on the Internet at the time of this writing. Be
sure to see Ray Randolph's "Scientology Kills" at
and Tilman Hausherr's "Parodies of
Scientology web graphics" at
.

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