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]
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/03/22/scientologists_gag_google/

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]
- http://news.com.com/2010-1071-866940.html

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]
- http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,2107088,00.htm

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]
- http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2159691

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
- http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/22/technology/ebusiness/22NECO.html

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]
- http://www.law.com/jsp/printerfriendly.jsp?c=LawArticle&t=PrinterFriendlyArticle&cid=1023826492846

Scientology Lawyer Promises to Continue "Appropriate Action"
- Helena Kobrin writes that her firm is merely protecting intellectual property rights. [Linux Journal]
- http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6007

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]
- http://slashdot.org/articles/02/04/22/130223.shtml

Scientology Complaint to Google #4
- Religious Technology Center and Bridge Publications demand, on behalf of the Church of Scientology, that Google delete posts from its Usenet archive of alt.religion.scientology. Text of DMCA complaint.
- http://chillingeffects.org/dmca512/notice.cgi?NoticeID=266

Google Publicizes DMCA Takedowns
- Short note about Google linking to DMCA claims from Scientology lawyers, followed by lively discussion. [Slashdot]
- http://slashdot.org/yro/02/04/12/1742220.shtml

Scientology Complaint to Google #3
- Religious Technology Center (Church of Scientology) tells Google to yank a Norwegian personal page.
- http://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca512/notice.cgi?NoticeID=253

Scientology Complaint to Google #2
- Letter to Google from Church of Scientology, demands the removal of clambake.org, a mirror of Operation Clambake.
- http://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca512/notice.cgi?NoticeID=252

Google Asked to Delist Scientology Critics
- Copy of the letter from Church of Scientology law firm Moxon & Kobrin, demanding that Google remove xenu.net.
- http://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca512/notice.cgi?NoticeID=232

Google Censors xenu.net?
- "Google has chosen to block Operation Clambake from their search results." News and reader discussion. [kuro5hin]
- http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/3/20/8222/92911

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]
- http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2002/03/22/xenugoogle020322

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]
- http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/22/0141250

MetaFilter Comments
- News brief misascribing cause of removal to "googlebombing", and ensuing reader discussion.
- http://www.metafilter.com/comments.mefi/15684

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]
- http://boingboing.net/2002_03_01_archive.html#75027851

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]
- http://news.com.com/2100-1023-865936.html

FACTNet: Google, Censorship and Scientology?
- Press release from Fight Against Coercive Tactics Network.
- http://www.factnet.org/Scientology/Google_Scientology.html

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]
- http://geek.com/news/geeknews/2002mar/gee20020322010860.htm

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]
- http://slashdot.org/yro/02/03/21/0453200.shtml

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]
- http://www.namibian.com.na/2002/March/techtalk/024EC99109.html

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]
- http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51233,00.html

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]
- http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/3/21/8503/37759