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Monday, September 8, 2008

Anti-Scientology YouTube videos censored by the thousands

Just in case you thought the repugicans and the right wing-nuts were the only lunatics attempting to quash the truth check these Bozos out:

A law firm called "American Rights Counsel LLC" launched a massive attack against Scientology critics on YouTube, sending out over 4,000 takedown notices, including many spurious ones:
Over a period of twelve hours, between this Thursday night and Friday morning, American Rights Counsel LLC sent out over 4000 DMCA takedown notices to YouTube, all making copyright infringement claims against videos with content critical of the Church of Scientology. Clips included footage of Australian and German news reports about Scientology, A Message to Anonymous/Scientology , and footage from a Clearwater City Commission meeting. Many accounts were suspended by YouTube in response to multiple allegations of copyright infringement.

YouTube users responded with DMCA counter-notices. At this time, many of the suspended channels have been reinstated and many of the videos are back up. Whether or not American Rights Counsel, LLC represents the notoriously litigious Church of Scientology is unclear, but this would not be the first time that the Church of Scientology has used the DMCA to silence Scientology critics. The Church of Scientology DMCA complaints shut down the YouTube channel of critic Mark Bunker in June, 2008. Bunker’s account, XenuTV, was also among the channels shut down in this latest flurry of takedown notices.

Massive Takedown of Anti-Scientology Videos on YouTube

Where do these 'less than normal' people come from? Where is the swamp and the particular rock they slither from under so we can dry up the swamp and turn the rock into sand so they will not be anymore of them?
Wishful thinking, I know. But if we all wish hard enough it might happen.

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