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Subject: Scientology suffers stunning legal defeat in key Internet copyright case, FACTNet Alert, November 6, 1998
Date: 1998/11/06
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NNTP-Posting-Date: 6 Nov 1998 23:42:28 GMT
Newsgroups: alt.recovery.religion,alt.religion.broadcast,alt.religion.christianity,alt.religion.scientology

Scientology suffers stunning legal defeat in key Internet copyright case

FACTNet Alert
November 6, 1998

Known for its crack-of-dawn copyright raids and vindictive lawsuits on
Internet users and Internet service providers, the cult that that has
made itself the Internet's censorship pariah has suffered a major legal
defeat. Scientology has been claiming loudly to be the victim of the
largest copyright infringement case in US history. According to
Scientology, this huge infringement case was perpetrated by FACTNet, a
tiny, non-profit library and historic preservational archive. However,
according to a November 5, 1998 court ruling, the real perpetrator may
be Scientology itself, and the lawsuit could turn out to be the largest
case of copyright registration fraud in US history.

For the complete new court ruling against Scientology, see

Scientology's twisted censorship efforts to crush free speech and
religious freedom both on and off the Internet have turned the newsgroup
alt.religion.scientology into one of the Internet's ten most active
newsgroups. For the bizarre and amazing story of Scientology's
censorship war on the Internet, see

For more information on Scientology's latest Internet techno-censorship
efforts, see

The following are the law firms representing and enabling Scientology's
activities. You might want to write them with your opinion regarding
Scientology's unethical Internet censorship and its outrageous
intellectual property activities.

Samuel D. Rosen, Esq., Paul Hastings
Janofsky & Walker
399 Park Ave., 31st Floor
New York, NY 10022-6000

Jeffrey A. Chase, Esq., Lia Woodall, Esq.
Jacobs Chase Frick Kleinkopf & Kelley, LLC
1050 - 17th St., #1500
Denver, CO 80265

Todd P. Blakely, Esq., John R. Posthumus, Esq., Robert A. Brunelli, Esq.

Sheridan Ross & Mcintosh, P.C.
1700 Lincoln St.,#3500
Denver, CO 80203

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