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	Google Yanks Anti-Church Sites - http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51233,00.html The Church of Scientology has managed to remove references to anti-Scientology sites from Google, by citing the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act. [Wired]
	Scientologists Gag Google - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/03/22/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]
	Google Pulls Anti-Scientology Links - http://www.news.com/2100-1023-865936.html "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]
	Google Asked to Delist Scientology Critics - http://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca512/notice.cgi?NoticeID=232 Copy of the letter from Church of Scientology law firm Moxon and Kobrin, demanding that Google remove xenu.net.
	Scientology Complaint to Google #4 - http://chillingeffects.org/dmca512/notice.cgi?NoticeID=266 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.

	Scientology Complaint to Google #3 - http://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca512/notice.cgi?NoticeID=253 Religious Technology Center (Church of Scientology) tells Google to yank a Norwegian personal page.
	Scientology Complaint to Google #2 - http://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca512/notice.cgi?NoticeID=252 Letter to Google from Church of Scientology, demands the removal of clambake.org, a mirror of Operation Clambake.
	Cult Forces Google to Remove Critical Links - http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,2107088,00.htm "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]
	Google Censors xenu.net? - http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/3/20/8222/92911 "Google has chosen to block Operation Clambake from their search results." News and reader discussion. [kuro5hin]
	Hazards of the DMCA - http://www.news.com/2010-1071-866940.html 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]

	Google Runs Into Copyright Dispute - http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/22/technology/ebusiness/22NECO.html 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 Times]
	Google Makes Scientology Infringement Demand Public - http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2159691 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]
	Google Relists Operation Clambake - http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/03/22/0141250 "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]
	MetaFilter Comments - http://www.metafilter.com/comments.mefi/15684 News brief misascribing cause of removal to "googlebombing", and ensuing reader discussion.
	Google Removes DMCA Offenders; Anti-Scientology Sites the Latest - http://geek.com/news/geeknews/2002mar/gee20020322010860.htm 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]

	Google Publicizes DMCA Takedowns - http://slashdot.org/yro/02/04/12/1742220.shtml Short note about Google linking to DMCA claims from Scientology lawyers, followed by lively discussion. [Slashdot]
	Google vs. DMCA and Scientology - http://slashdot.org/articles/02/04/22/130223.shtml Discussion of a New York Times story on the Church of Scientology's DMCA complaints and Google's response. [Slashdot]
	Scientology Lawyer Promises to Continue "Appropriate Action" - http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6007 Helena Kobrin writes that her firm is merely protecting intellectual property rights. [Linux Journal]
	FACTNet: Google, Censorship and Scientology? - http://www.factnet.org/Scientology/Google_Scientology.html Press release from Fight Against Coercive Tactics Network.
	Scientology Uses DMCA to Delist Critic's Website - http://slashdot.org/yro/02/03/21/0453200.shtml 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]

	Google Pulls, Replaces Web Page Critical of Scientology - http://www.namibian.com.na/2002/March/techtalk/024EC99109.html Article with comments from a Google spokesperson, a Scientology lawyer, and a staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. By Elinor Mills Abreu. [Reuters]
	Church of Scientology Wields the DMCA, Google Removes Xenu.net - http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/3/21/8503/37759 "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]

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