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There are a number of disputes concerning the Church of Scientology's attempts to suppress material critical of Scientology on the Internet, utilizing lawsuits and legal threats.〔(Critics split over DDoS attacks on Scientology ) The Register, 25 January 2008〕〔http://ibls.com/cs/blogs/internet_law/archive/2008/01/30/hackers-disable-scientology-website-declare-war.aspx〕〔(Internet group launches War on Scientology, following YouTube video ) Canadian Content, 23 January 2008〕 In late 1994, the Church of Scientology began using various legal tactics to stop distribution of unpublished documents written by L. Ron Hubbard. The Church of Scientology is often accused of barratry through the filing of SLAPP suits. The official church response is that its litigious nature is solely to protect its copyrighted works and the unpublished status of certain documents. Various critics of the Church of Scientology have characterized the organization as a confidence scam and claim that these secretive writings are proof, or allege that they contain evidence that the Church of Scientology's medical practices are illegal and fraudulent.〔See for instance Jacobsen, Jeff. ("Medical claims within Scientology's secret teachings" ), 1996〕〔O'Connor, Mike. ("How Scientology claims to cure physical illness" ), 2003〕 Scientology has been convicted of fraud in the courts of several nations, although not those of the United States. Others have claimed that the Church of Scientology is abusing copyright law by launching lawsuits against outspoken critics.〔For instance, see Hausherr, Tilman. ("NOTS34: criminality successfully protected by copyright law" )〕 == alt.religion.scientology == Scott Goehring set up the newsgroup ''alt.religion.scientology'' in 1991, partly as a joke, partly for the purpose of informing the public about Scientology.〔 Debate over the pros and cons of Scientology waxed and waned on the newsgroup through the first three years of its existence, and flame wars flared up commonly, as they did on some other newsgroups. The online battle is generally regarded as having begun with the arrival of Dennis Erlich to ''alt.religion.scientology'' in late July, 1994. A former high-ranking official in the Scientology organization who had been personally affiliated with L. Ron Hubbard, he caused a number of regular participants in the newsgroup to sit up and take notice.〔〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Scientology and the Internet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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