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Getting Clear at BU?

Title: Getting Clear at BU?
Date: Wednesday, 15 May 1996
Publisher: Salon
Author: Dan Kennedy
Main source: salon.com

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Earle Cooley, the chairman of Boston University's board of trustees, wants you to know that he believes in freedom of expression. Never mind that the gruff, avuncular 64-year-old, one of Boston's top trial attorneys, has played a leading role in the Church of Scientology's efforts to use copyright law to keep secret church documents off the Internet. Although the church has won some significant courtroom victories, critics, legal observers, and even judges criticize the zeal with which it has pursued its ... [Read the rest at salon.com]