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Feb 14, 2011
The Apostate // Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology — New Yorker
More: Primary Sources: L. Ron Hubbard Leaves the Navy, guardian.co.uk
Type: Press
Author(s): Lawrence Wright
Source: New Yorker
On August 19, 2009, Tommy Davis, the chief spokesperson for the Church of Scientology International, received a letter from the film director and screenwriter Paul Haggis. “For ten months now I have been writing to ask you to make a public statement denouncing the actions of the Church of Scientology of San Diego,” Haggis wrote. Before the 2008 elections, a staff member at Scientology’s San Diego church had signed its name to an online petition supporting Proposition 8, which asserted that ...
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Mar 24, 2009
In The Zone: Graham Berry interview [Part 1] — Radio94x.com
More: part 2, part 3, part 4
Mar 23, 2000
The gospel of the web / Nick Ryan on the holy wars fought in cyberspace between religious movements and their critics — The Guardian (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s): Nick Ryan
Source: The Guardian (UK)
Nick Ryan on the holy wars fought in cyberspace between religious movements and their critics Religion in the UK: special report August 12 1995 was a Saturday much like any other in the urban sprawl of Arlington, Virginia. Except that an alert went out over email and on Usenet groups to say that 10 people - including two federal marshals, two computer technicians, one a former FBI agent, and several attorneys - were raiding the home of former Scientologist Arnaldo Lerma. ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Sep 1, 1999
Virtual Book Burning — Wired
Type: Press
Author(s): Mike Romano
Source: Wired
When A Piece of Blue Sky, a book critical of the Church of Scientology, suddenly disappeared from Amazon.com's online catalog early this year, newsgroups such as alt.religion.scientology buzzed with conspiracy theories. Then, in June, Amazon.co.uk, the online bookseller's British division, expunged a controversial book, The Committee, which implicates David Trimble, head of the Ulster Unionist Party, in atrocities against Catholics. Amazon's decision to remove two books from its online list demonstrates the perils of balancing a billion-dollar book business with a ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
May 25, 1999
Scientology book an open issue — Wired
Type: Press
Author(s): Polly Sprenger
Source: Wired
A book removed from Amazon's site because of alleged legal troubles is now among the top 150 books sold by the online bookstore. The book, a controversial exposé of the Church of Scientology, languished deep in Amazon's list of 4.5 million titles before being dropped in February. A Wired News report on that decision prompted Amazon to reinstate the book late last week. The book jumped to No. 700 before hitting a high of 148 on Tuesday. Author Jon Atack, reached ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
May 22, 1999
Amazon.com to restore book critical of Scientology — Seattle Times
Type: Press
Source: Seattle Times
SEATTLE — Responding to e-mail complaints, Amazon.com says it will restore a book critical of the Scientology movement to its online catalog. The book, "A Piece of Blue Sky," by British writer Jon Atack, was banned by a British court following a successful 1995 defamation lawsuit against Atack. Amazon.com pulled the book in February, but said this week that it would reinstate it. "While the decision in February seemed the right thing to do at the time, we thought we could ...
May 21, 1999
Amazon reverses decision on book ban — ZDNet
Type: Press
Author(s): Charles Cooper
Source: ZDNet
After absorbing withering criticism for its decision to stop selling a book critical of Scientology, Amazon.com has reversed itself. The move to withdraw the book, "A Piece of Blue Sky," comes a day after a report published in Wired News triggered a rash of postings on Internet newsgroups. The book, a critical examination of Scientology and its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, was pulled by Amazon (Nasdaq:AMZN) in February after an injunction against its distribution in the United Kingdom. The courts had ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
May 20, 1999
Amazon Drops Controversial Book — Wired
Type: Press
Author(s): Polly Sprenger
Source: Wired
Amazon.com has removed a controversial book from its listings, a book well known for angering the Church of Scientology. A Piece of Blue Sky, by UK writer Jon Atack, is an exposé of the Scientology movement from its creation in 1959 until the death of founder L. Ron Hubbard in 1986. The book disappeared from Amazon's site only recently. On alt.religion.scientology newsgroups, participants are questioning Amazon's decision, angrily pointing out that it is still legal to sell the book in United ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
May 20, 1999
Amazon to restore Scientology title — CNET
Type: Press
Author(s): Troy Wolverton
Source: CNET
Responding to customer criticism, Amazon.com today said it will restore a book critical of Scientology to its list of available titles. Amazon spokesman Bill Curry said Amazon removed Jon Atack's A Piece of Blue Sky from its virtual bookshelves in February after being advised that sales of the book were subject to a cease-and-desist order in the United Kingdom. Curry said the order stemmed from a ruling barring distribution of the book in that country because of defamatory language. Amazon has ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Nov 15, 1994
Scientology værste fjende [Danish, no translation so far] — Kristeligt Dagblad (Denmark)
Aug 13, 1993
Letters to the Editor // The Scientology debate — East Grinstead Courier (UK)
More: link
Type: Press
Source: East Grinstead Courier (UK)
Pinning our hopes on Old Doll Body I READ with interest Denise Harrison's statement of incredulity that a new religion could be the work of a science fiction writer. According to the saying, truth is stranger than fiction, so what about this one? In his early lectures, Ron Hubbard mentioned "Old Doll Body", a mythical figure from the past, who travelled freely in the universe in his flying saucer. In 1964, I was driving up the Turners Hill Road one night ...
Apr 10, 1992
Clergy attack Scientologists — East Grinstead Courier (UK)
More: link
Type: Press
Source: East Grinstead Courier (UK)
WORRIED town clergy have issued a warning on the controversial church of Scientology. More than 2,000 leaflets have been sent out with parish magazines warning people to be wary about scientology and dianetics. And clergymen say they are available for help and independent advice on problems caused by the cult. Felbridge vicar the Rev Stephen Bowen said the Ieaflet had been a co-operative effort by several of the town's churches because of concern over the effects of scientology. He said: "I ...
Oct 20, 1991
The religion that sells the sky — Tampa Tribune (Florida)
More: link
Type: Press
Author(s): Kevin Shinkle
Source: Tampa Tribune (Florida)
A PIECE OF BLUE SKY. By Jon Atack. Lyle Stuart. 428 Pages. $21.95. It has been 17 years since the Church of Scientology secretly bought the historic Fort Harrison Hotel and established a base for an important arm of the church in the city of Clearwater. And it has been nearly 10 years since critical public hearings — which detailed allegations of a slew of Scientology wrongs — captivated city residents for more than a week. The church professes to have ...
Jul 29, 1991
The rock drummer out to beat the cults — Exmouth Express & Echo (UK)
More: link
Type: Press
Source: Exmouth Express & Echo (UK)
Last week cult expert Jon Caven-Atack set up a meeting in Exmouth and persuaded a member of the Church of Scientology to return to her family. The Echo's Peter Hardy now talks to the man who has dedicated his life to exposing cults which he says brainwash their members. FOR NINE years, former rock drummer Jon Caven-Atack was under the spell of a "religious" sect known as the Church of Scientology. Now, outside the cult, Jon has pledged his life and ...
Oct 16, 1990
Court won't revive Scientology suit — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
May 27, 1990
Court clears Hubbard book for publishing — Mesa Tribune
More: link
Type: Press
Source: Mesa Tribune
NEW YORK — An upcoming critical biography of L. Ron Hubbard, author and founder of the Church of Scientology, may be published in its original form, a federal appeals court ruled. The 2nd us. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's ruling in February for New Era Publications International, exclusive licensee of Hubbard's works, which had filed a copyright infringement lawsuit. Hubbard died in 1986. The appeals court held Thursday the book's quotations from Hubbard's published works, which amount to ...
May 27, 1990
Publisher victorious on Hubbard biography — New York Times
More: link
Type: Press
Source: New York Times
A Federal appeals court has ruled that a publisher is not required to delete material from a coming biography of L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology. The ruling, issued Thursday, overturned a lower court's decision, and barring the unlikely chance of a rehearing or a quick reversal by the Supreme Court, the biography will be published in its original form next month. Michael Lee Hertzberg, who argued the case against the publisher, said the plaintiff had not decided ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
May 25, 1990
Law [Copyrighted writings can be used in critical biography...] — Wall Street Journal
More: link
Type: Press
Author(s): Wade Lambert, Edward Felsenthal
Source: Wall Street Journal
[...] COPYRIGHTED WRITINGS can be used in critical biography, court rules. A federal appeals court in New York reversed a lower court ruling that appeared to signify tighter restrictions on the use of copyrighted materials by authors and journalists. The appeals court ruled that Carol Publishing Group's critical biography of L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology, doesn't violate federal law by including copyrighted quotations from Mr. Hubbard's published writings. The plaintiff was New Era Publications International, a Copenhagen ...
Feb 21, 1990
Justices permit strict curbs on use of unpublished writing — Washington Post
Jan 31, 1990
Copyright dispute blocks biography of Scientology founder — Los Angeles Times (California)
More: link
Jan 31, 1990
Hubbard biography — Associated Press
Jan 31, 1990
Judge bars Hubbard biography; cites use of copyrighted works — New York Law Journal
Jan 31, 1990
Law [Federal judge bars publication of unflattering biography of Scientology founder. ...] — Wall Street Journal
Jan 30, 1990
Judge bars unauthorized biography L. Ron Hubbard — UPI
Jan 1, 1990
A Piece of Blue Sky / Part 8 Chapter 4 — Dropping the Body — Lyle Stuart Inc.
Jan 1, 1990
A Piece of Blue Sky / Preface — Lyle Stuart Inc.
Jan 1, 1990
A Piece of Blue Sky / Scientology, Dianetics & L. Ron Hubbard Exposed — Lyle Stuart Inc.
Jul 28, 1989
Biographer to view work on Hubbard in copyright battle — Wall Street Journal
More: link
Type: Press
Author(s): Wade Lambert
Source: Wall Street Journal
NEW YORK — In a decision putting copyright concerns ahead of free-press interests, a federal judge ordered that a manuscript about L. Ron Hubbard be turned over to his authorized biographer for inspection before publication. U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton ruled that New Era Publications International had reason to believe its copyrights might be violated by the planned book on the late Mr. Hubbard, who died in 1986. The judge said permitting New Era to see Carol Publishing Group's edited manuscript ...
Jul 2, 1989
Scientology's best-seller // Savvy marketers, blurring ties to California 'church,' keep 40-year-old tract at top of the list — New York Post
More: link
Type: Press
Author(s): Daniel Harris
Source: New York Post
EVEN the strongest stomach at this summer's American Booksellers convention must have heaved in protest when comely goons hired by Bridge Publications, the publishing arm of the Church of Scientology, marched up and down the aisles of the auditorium literally setting ablaze a book by L. Ron Hubbard — a "hot" author, get it? — a man who is said to have improved the lives (If not the careers) of such celebrities as Sonny Bono and John Travolta. Judging from their ...
Jun 1, 1988
Court reverses fair use ruling on Hubbard bio — Publisher's Weekly
More: link
Type: Press
Source: Publisher's Weekly
Latest in a line of rulings turning on fair use, a U.S. Appeals Court has overturned a lower court's injunction that prevented publication of a critical biography of L. Ron Hubbard as long as it contained copyrighted material from the published writings of the late founder of Scientology. New Era Publications, which owns Hubbard's copyrights, had won the injunction earlier this year when the district court ruled that the use of 103 passages taken from 43 published works by Hubbard was ...
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