FC: Google bows to Scientology's DMCA request, yanks critics' site

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Wed Mar 20 2002 - 22:02:00 PST

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    Also see:
    http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/3/20/8222/92911
    
    Politech archive on Scientology's battles with critics:
    http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=scientology
    
    File under:
    Yet another new and innovative use of the DMCA.
    
    -Declan
    
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    From: "Mirele" <mireleat_private>
    To: declanat_private
    Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 22:30:38 -0700
    MIME-Version: 1.0
    Subject: Google honors DMCA request
    Message-ID: <3C990D8E.30244.129F2BD@localhost>
    
    Just FYI,
    
    Andreas Heldal-Lund, webmaster of www.xenu.net, got a DMCA
    notification letter from Google earlier today. In the letter, a long list
    of URLs were listed as infringing, and Google apparently complied
    with the DMCA request by removing them. You can see the letter
    here:
    
    http://xenu.net/news/20020320-google.txt
    
    Of course this opens up a huge can of worms regarding whether or
    not mere links are infringing.
    
    Regards,
    Deana M. Holmes
    mireleat_private
    
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    [letter follows --DBM]
    
    Quote from Google.com e-mail 20.03.2002: [START]
    We removed certain specific URLs in response to a notification
    submitted by the Religious Technology Center and Bridge Publications
    under section 512(c)(3) of the the Digital Millenium Copyright Act
    (DMCA).  Had we not removed these URLs, we would be subject to a claim
    for copyright infringement, regardless of its merits.  The URLs
    included in that notification are attached to this email. Pursuant to 
    sections 512(g)(2) and (3) of the DMCA, you have the
    ability to submit a counter notification, in which event we can
    reinstate the material.  As stated in section 512(g)(3), the contents
    of this notification must include the following: (A) A physical or 
    electronic signature of the subscriber. (B) Identification of the material 
    that has been removed or to which
    access has been disabled and the location at which the material
    appeared before it was removed or access to it was disabled. (C) A 
    statement under penalty of perjury that the subscriber has a
    good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a
    result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed
    or disabled. (D) The subscriber's name, address, and telephone number, and a
    statement that the subscriber consents to the jurisdiction of Federal
    District Court for the judicial district in which the address is
    located, or if the subscriber's address is outside of the United
    States, for any judicial district in which the service provider may be
    found, and that the subscriber will accept service of process from the
    person who provided notification under subsection (c)(1)(C) or an
    agent of such person. Here are the urls mentioned in the complaint that I 
    believe are
    related to your site: www.xenu.net/
    www.xenu.net/archive/photoalbum/
    www.xenu.net/archive/photoalbum/propaganda/
    www.xenu.net/archive/photoalbum/propaganda/index.html
    www.xenu.net/archive/photoalbum/propaganda/prop1.html
    www.xenu.net/archive/photoalbum/propaganda/prop2.html
    www.xenu.net/archive/photoalbum/propaganda/prop3.html
    www.xenu.net/archive/photoalbum/propaganda/prop4.html
    www.xenu.net/archive/photoalbum/propaganda/prop5.html
    www.xenu.net/archive/photoalbum/propaganda/prop6.htm
    www.xenu.net/archive/photoalbum/ clan-images.html
    www.xenu.net/archive/photoalbum/lisas_case_sup.html
    www.xenu.net/archive/events/
    www.xenu.net/archive/events/lisa_mcpherson/
    www.xenu.net/archive/disk/
    www.xenu.net/archive/disk/enemy/
    www.xenu.net/archive/disk/enemy/da.htm
    www.xenu.net/archive/disk/enemy/targets.htm
    www.xenu.net/archive/disk/archive/grd_chrt.htm
    www.xenu.net/archive/disk/OTIII/
    www.xenu.net/archive/hubbandcw/
    www.xenu.net/archive/greece/
    www.xenu.net/archive/HCOB/FU-HCOB-630511.html
    www.xenu.net/archive/HCOB/FU-HCOB-630714.html
    www.xenu.net/archive/HCOB/FU-HCOB-610619.html
    www.xenu.net/archive/enemy_names/
    www.xenu.net/archive/enemy_names/dead_agenting.html
    www.xenu.net/archive/enemy_names/targets.html
    www.xenu.net/archive/tonelevel.html
    www.xenu.net/archive/grade_chart.html
    www.xenu.net/archive/leaflet/
    www.xenu.net/archive/leaflet/xenuleaf.htm
    www.xenu.net/archive/leaflet/xenusw.htm
    www.xenu.net/archive/leaflet/xenunl.htm
    www.xenu.net/archive/leaflet/xenufr.htm
    www.xenu.net/archive/leaflet/xenufi.htm
    www.xenu.net/archive/leaflet/xenuno.htm
    www.xenu.net/archive/leaflet/xenuge.htm
    www.xenu.net/archive/leaflet/xenuaf.htm
    www.xenu.net/archive/leaflet/xenuru-k.htm
    www.xenu.net/archive/leaflet/xenuheb.htm
    www.xenu.net/archive/so/
    www.clambake.org/
    www.clambake.org/ archive/photoalbum/
    www.clambake.org/archive/photoalbum/propaganda
    www.clambake.org/archive/photoalbum/propaganda/index.html
    www.clambake.org/archive/photoalbum/propaganda/prop1.html
    www.clambake.org/archive/photoalbum/propaganda/prop2.html
    www.clambake.org/archive/photoalbum/propaganda/prop3.html
    www.clambake.org/archive/photoalbum/propaganda/prop4.html
    www.clambake.org/archive/photoalbum/propaganda/prop5.html
    www.clambake.org/archive/photoalbum/propaganda/prop6.html
    www.clambake.org/archive/photoalbum/ clan-images.html
    www.clambake.org/archive/photoalbum/lisas_case_sup.html
    www.clambake.org/archive/events/
    www.clambake.org/archive/events/lisa_mcpherson/
    www.clambake.org/archive/disk/
    www.clambake.org/archive/disk/enemy/
    www.clambake.org/archive/disk/enemy/da.htm
    www.clambake.org/archive/disk/enemy/targets.htm
    www.clambake.org/archive/disk/archive/grd_chrt.htm
    www.clambake.org/archive/disk/OTIII/
    www.clambake.org/archive/hubbandcw/
    www.clambake.org/archive/greece/
    www.clambake.org/archive/HCOB/FU-HCOB-630511.html
    www.clambake.org/archive/HCOB/FU-HCOB-630714.html
    www.clambake.org/archive/HCOB/FU-HCOB-610619.html
    www.clambake.org/archive/enemy_names/
    www.clambake.org/archive/enemy_names/dead_agenting.html
    www.clambake.org/archive/enemy_names/targets.html
    www.clambake.org/archive/tonelevel.html
    www.clambake.org/archive/grade_chart.html
    www.clambake.org/archive/leaflet/
    www.clambake.org/archive/leaflet/xenuleaf.htm
    www.clambake.org/archive/leaflet/xenusw.htm
    www.clambake.org/archive/leaflet/xenunl.htm
    www.clambake.org/archive/leaflet/xenufr.htm
    www.clambake.org/archive/leaflet/xenufi.htm
    www.clambake.org/archive/leaflet/xenuno.htm
    www.clambake.org/archive/leaflet/xenuge.htm
    www.clambake.org/archive/leaflet/xenuaf.htm
    www.clambake.org/archive/leaflet/xenuru-k.htm
    www.clambake.org/archive/leaflet/xenuheb.htm
    www.clambake.org/archive/so/
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/photoalbum/
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/photoalbum/propaganda
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/photoalbum/propaganda/index.html
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/photoalbum/propaganda/prop1.html
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/photoalbum/propaganda/prop2.html
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/photoalbum/propaganda/prop3.html
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/photoalbum/propaganda/prop4.html
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/photoalbum/propaganda/prop5.html
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/photoalbum/propaganda/prop6.html
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/photoalbum/ clan-images.html
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/photoalbum/lisas_case_sup.html
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/events/
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/events/lisa_mcpherson/
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/disk/
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/disk/enemy/
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/disk/enemy/da.htm
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/disk/enemy/targets.htm
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/disk/archive/grd_chrt.htm
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/disk/OTIII/
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/hubbandcw/
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/greece/
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/HCOB/FU-HCOB-630511.html
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/HCOB/FU-HCOB-630714.html
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/HCOB/FU-HCOB-610619.html
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/enemy_names/
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/enemy_names/dead_agenting.html
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/enemy_names/targets.html
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/tonelevel.html
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/grade_chart.html
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/leaflet/
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/leaflet/xenuleaf.htm
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/leaflet/xenusw.htm
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/leaflet/xenunl.htm
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/leaflet/xenufr.htm
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/leaflet/xenufi.htm
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/leaflet/xenuno.htm
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/leaflet/xenuge.htm
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/leaflet/xenuaf.htm
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/leaflet/xenuru-k.htm
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/leaflet/xenuheb.htm
    home.kvalito.no/~xenu/archive/so/
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