Google's Excising of Operation Clambake a Result of the DMCA. This is absolutely heinous. I can't imagine that the framers of the consitution or the creators of copyright had in mind that it could be used to silence those who would criticize a goofy cult. I'm not much of a the-world-is-going-to-hell-in-a-handbasket type, but all the stuff these days about copyright makes me feel that way. From what I understand, Wired's summary of this nonsense is pretty close:
Hubbard's secret scriptures teach that 75 million years ago, an evil galactic overlord named Xenu solved the galaxy's overpopulation problem by freezing excess people and transporting the bodies to Teegeeack, now called Earth. After the hapless travelers were defrosted, they were chained to volcanoes that were blown up by hydrogen bombs -- and their disembodied spirits continue to haunt mankind today.
These days its pretty courageous to publish such a paragraph. In doing so on this weblog, I'm riding on the coattails of UserLand's courage. Over the next couple days I'll put my courage where my mouth is, and move at least it to my own server.
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