Scientology loses copyright round - Colorado nonprofit group FACTNet has won a critical round in a legal fight against the Church of Scientology, raising questions about whether Scientology has a legal right to keep hundreds of documents offline and out of the public eye. [CNET News.com] Church of Scientology International v. Fishman and Geertz - A selection of publicly-available legal documents filed in U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Hana Whitfield - Affidavit of Hana Whitfield. The story of an ex member. Scientology vs. Panoussis Ruling - Readers discuss the verdict of the Swedish High Court, which upheld a lower court's ruling that Zenon Panoussis had infringed Scientology's copyright. Includes comments from Arnie Lerma and Karin Spaink. [Slashdot] Fishman Affidavit - A copy of the declaration filed by Steven Fishman in Church of Scientology International v. Fishman and Geertz. OT2 and 3 are bowdlerized to comply with Dutch law. Scientology Critic Won't Face Retrial - Trial of a critic of Scientology on a misdemeanor charge ends in a hung jury due to worries that he was set up by the Church of Scientology. The prosecutors then dropped the charges. [St. Petersburg Times] Scientology Told to Release Notes on Late Member - A judge gives the church a delay so it can fight for the privacy of a practice it compares to confession. [St. Petersburg Times] State Takes Middle Road Against Scientology - Colleagues of State Attorney Bernie McCabe say charging the church, not the members, and deciding against a manslaughter charge walks the line between acting too harshly and too weakly. [St. Petersburg Times] Concerns Over Church of Scientology - A federal court in Germany has failed to reach a verdict on the legal status of Scientology -- after years of international debate. [BBC News]. France Urged to Ban Scientology - A French government committee recommends dissolving the Church of Scientology on the grounds that its activities threaten public order. [BBC News] French Scientologists Guilty of Fraud - Marseilles court has convicted five members of the Church of Scientology of fraud for extorting large payments from vulnerable members for dubious cures. [BBC News] French Scientology Trial - A French prosecutor has asked a court in Marseille to jail a former leader of the Church of Scientology who has been accused of obtaining large sums of money by fraud from other members of the Church. [BBC News] French Scientology Trial Ends - The trial has ended in the French city of Marseille of seven members of the Church of Scientology accused of fraud. [BBC News] German-US Scientology Row - Germany and the United States are to discuss their disagreements over the Church of Scientology. [BBC News] Germany Can't Decide if Scientology is a Religion - A federal court in Germany has failed to reach a verdict on whether or not Scientology can be considered a religion. [BBC News] Germany: Religious Dispute - A German federal court has been hearing a case which could decide if restrictions on the Church of Scientology in Germany are legal. [BBC News] Scientologists Face Paris Ban - Public prosecutor accuses the Church of Scientology with "mental manipulation." The sect is on trial for false advertising and attempted fraud. [BBC News] Scientology Faces French Ban - The French Justice Minister says she is prepared to consider banning the Church of Scientology, considered a cult--not a religion--in France. [BBC News] Scientology Trial Opens in France - Seven members of the Church of Scientology have gone on trial in France on charges of fraud. [BBC News] Police Work for Scientology - Editorial says that it is unlikely that off-duty uniformed Clearwater police officers paid by the Church of Scientology could remain objective when incidents occur between the church and protesters. [St. Petersburg Times] Church Pays Those it Reviled - Circuit court judge says that the Clearwater police "are coming very dangerously close to becoming a private security force for the Church of Scientology." Scientology spokesman paints all critics as criminals. [St. Petersburg Times] Critics Public and Private Keep Pressure on Scientology - Scientology leaders say they want peace. They say they want to stay out of court. But with both foes at home and foes abroad, that goal may be elusive. [St. Petersburg Times] French Court Finds Church of Scientology Guilty of Breaching Privacy Laws - A French court fined the Church of Scientology for violating the privacy rights of former members, although prosecutors failed to convict on other charges. [Voice of America News] The Scandal of Scientology - From Paulette Cooper, author of a book critical of Scientology, who was falsely accused in 19 lawsuits. Supreme Court refuses to review Church of Scientology libel case - Ten years after Time magazine ran an award-winning article portraying the Church of Scientology as a "ruthless global scam," the Supreme Court refused to consider reinstating the church's libel case. [Associated Press] Maureen E. Garde - Archival collection of judicial rulings, court pleadings and other legal documentation from Scientology-related litigation, between 1995 and 1997.