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Oct 26, 1989
The judges of history rule — Wall Street JournalMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Arthur Schlesinger Jr. Source:
Wall Street Journal Two recent decisions by federal courts cast judges in the odd role of telling authors how they should write history and biography. These decisions deserve more attention than they have received from scholars, and from journalists as well. Russell Miller's "Bare-Faced Messiah: The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard" is a biography of the founder of the Church of Scientology. Mr. Hubbard, who died in 1986, bequeathed the copyrights on his writings to his church, which licensed them to New Era ...
Aug 28, 1989
Special Report // Promise the moon; then ask for money — Daily Tribune (Oakland County, Michigan)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Julie Edgar Source:
Daily Tribune (Oakland County, Michigan) "They promise you the moon — that's what's wrong with it," says an ex-staff member of the Church of Scientology. Despite her disillusionment, "Nanu," as she prefers to be called, maintains that it is the organization that is destructive, not the principles it espouses. "The technology does work; the church doesn't," she states. "They're so into money, money, money." When she and her husband, a painting contractor, left the church in 1984 — primarily because of disagreements with other staff members ...
Jul 28, 1989
Biographer to view work on Hubbard in copyright battle — Wall Street JournalMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Wade Lambert Source:
Wall Street Journal NEW YORK — In a decision putting copyright concerns ahead of free-press interests, a federal judge ordered that a manuscript about L. Ron Hubbard be turned over to his authorized biographer for inspection before publication. U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton ruled that New Era Publications International had reason to believe its copyrights might be violated by the planned book on the late Mr. Hubbard, who died in 1986. The judge said permitting New Era to see Carol Publishing Group's edited manuscript ...
Jul 2, 1989
Scientology's best-seller // Savvy marketers, blurring ties to California 'church,' keep 40-year-old tract at top of the list — New York PostMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Daniel Harris Source:
New York Post EVEN the strongest stomach at this summer's American Booksellers convention must have heaved in protest when comely goons hired by Bridge Publications, the publishing arm of the Church of Scientology, marched up and down the aisles of the auditorium literally setting ablaze a book by L. Ron Hubbard — a "hot" author, get it? — a man who is said to have improved the lives (If not the careers) of such celebrities as Sonny Bono and John Travolta. Judging from their ...
Aug 11, 1988
Judge won't halt book on Scientology leader — New York TimesMore: link
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New York Times A Federal judge has refused to halt the publication of "Bare-Faced Messiah," by Russell Miller, a biography critical of L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the Church of Scientology. Henry Holt & Company had shipped some 12,500 copies of the book last April. The next month New Era Publications International, a corporation in Denmark, obtained a temporary restraining order prohibiting Holt from distributing additional copies. The plaintiff contended that the Holt book infringes its copyright by including published and unpublished works ...
Aug 11, 1988
On the Ron — NY Daily News (New York)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Anne L. Adams Source:
NY Daily News (New York) A brutal bio of L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology, will get to see the light. Again. The News' Alex Michellini reports that New Era Publications, a Danish corporation related to the church, tried to enjoin the distribution of Russel Miller's "Bare-Faced: The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard." New Era charged that the book and its publisher, Henry Holt & Co. infringed on certain copyrighted material. Maybe it does, just a little, said Federal Judge Pierre Leval. ...
Jun 1, 1988
Court reverses fair use ruling on Hubbard bio — Publisher's WeeklyMore: link
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Publisher's Weekly Latest in a line of rulings turning on fair use, a U.S. Appeals Court has overturned a lower court's injunction that prevented publication of a critical biography of L. Ron Hubbard as long as it contained copyrighted material from the published writings of the late founder of Scientology. New Era Publications, which owns Hubbard's copyrights, had won the injunction earlier this year when the district court ruled that the use of 103 passages taken from 43 published works by Hubbard was ...
May 21, 1988
Court halts distribution of Hubbard biography — New York Times
Type: Press
Author(s):
Edwin McDowell Source:
New York Times A Federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting Henry Holt & Company from distributing additional copies of a biography highly critical of L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the Church of Scientology. Some 12,500 copies of the book, Bare-Faced Messiah by Russell Miller, were shipped to bookstores on April 27. The court order, handed down yesterday in Manhattan by Judge Pierre N. Leval of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, affects the 10,000 ...
Jan 6, 1988
Religions now copyrighting names, teachings — Legal Intelligencer
Dec 28, 1987
Religious groups using copyright law [article incomplete] — Daily Journal (Los Angeles, California)
Dec 2, 1987
Bid to ban book said 'harassment' by Scientologists — Toronto Star (Canada)
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Toronto Star (Canada) L. Ron Hubbard was portrayed yesterday in court as a devious cult leader who believed he'd gone to heaven — twice — and was ruthless in his treatment of those perceived as enemies of the church he founded. Hubbard, who died last year, advised his followers to use the courts to "harass and discourage" critics, lawyers for Key Porter Books argued in Federal Court. They said a court bid to stop publication of a biography of Hubbard is a thinly disguised ...
Dec 2, 1987
Lawyer says biography in breach of copyright — Globe and Mail (Canada)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Thomas Claridge Source:
Globe and Mail (Canada) A bid to block Canadian publication of an unauthorized biography of L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology, was portrayed yesterday by a lawyer for the would-be publisher as "an attempt to circumvent the rule that the dead cannot sue for libel." David Potts also told Mr. Justice Bud Cullen of the Federal Court of Canada that the bid for a temporary injunction was a masquerade and an abuse of process. The injunction is being sought by New Era ...
Nov 15, 1987
Scientologists in dirty campaign to stop book — The Sunday Times (UK)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Richard Palmer Source:
The Sunday Times (UK) THE CHURCH of Scientology has mounted a campaign of intimidation and harassment against the author and publisher of a new book on the founder of the religious cult to be serialised shortly by The Sunday Times. Scientologists and private detectives have been used to put pressure on people in Britain and the United States involved in the forthcoming publication of Bare Faced Messiah: the True Story of L Ron Hubbard. Russell Miller, the author, who spent more than two years researching ...
Apr 16, 1987
$26 million in assets left by Scientology founder — San Francisco Chronicle (California)More: link
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San Francisco Chronicle (California) Associated Press San Luis Obispo L. Ron Hubbard, the Scientology founder and author who died last year, left more than $26 million in assets excluding trust funds, according to documents filed by his executor. Total assets listed in the inventory amount to $26,305,706. They include "$25 million even" in copyright and trademark materials and $1,305,706 in oil, gas and business investments, said attorney Charles Ogle of Morro Bay. The estate documents were prepared in Los Angeles by Norman F. Starkey, the ...
Apr 16, 1987
L. Ron Hubbard estate valued at $26 million — Los Angeles Times (California)More: link
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Los Angeles Times (California) SAN LUIS OBISPO — L. Ron Hubbard, the Scientology founder and author who died last year, left more than $26 million in assets, excluding trust funds, according to documents filed by the executor of his estate. Total assets listed in the inventory amount to $26,305,706. They include "$25 million even" in copyright and trademark materials and $1,305,706 in oil, gas and business investments, said attorney Charles Ogle of Morro Bay. The estate documents were prepared in Los Angeles by Norman F. ...
Aug 23, 1986
[The Danish High Court awarded the Church of Scientology ...] — Weekly Challenger (Florida)More: link
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Weekly Challenger (Florida) The Danish High Court awarded the Church of Scientology in Denmark over 1.4 million Danish Kroner in damages against three apostate members from England. The damages award, one of the highest amounts ever awarded in a Danish court, was the result of a case brought against former church members for their involvement in the theft of sacred upper level church Scriptures from the church in Denmark. In December 1983, Robin Scott returned to Denmark and was subsequently arrested and taken to ...
Apr 4, 1986
Inside Scientology — Finally [Payment before enlightenment] — L.A. Weekly (California)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Ron Curran ,
Jennifer Pratt Source:
L.A. Weekly (California) Payment Before Enlightenment "Total freedom" through Scientology does not come cheap. With registered trademarks affixed to every Scientology term and title, Hubbard's religion sometimes more closely resembles K-mart than, say, Catholicism. Scientology's policy of payment before enlightenment is perhaps the leading cause of questions concerning the church's credibility as an altruistic institution. Although Ken Hoden initially dragged his feet in supplying a promised list of auditing fees because, as he put it, "when you walk into a Baptist church or any ...
Apr 2, 1985
Witness tells of income of Scientology founder — The Oregonian (Portland)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Fred Leeson Source:
The Oregonian (Portland) A former Scientologist who said he helped manage L. Ron Hubbard's bank accounts testified Monday that the Scientology founder collected income of $200,000 to $1 million per week during a six-month period in 1982. Howard D. Schoemer, who left the Church of Scientology in December 1982, told a Multnomah County Circuit Court jury that the money was routed to Hubbard through Author Services Inc., a corporation that "supposedly had nothing to do with the church." Schoemer said the income to Hubbard ...
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Copyright, trademark, patent •
Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Fred Leeson •
Howard "Homer" D. Schomer •
Income •
Inurement •
Julie Christofferson Titchbourne •
Lawsuit •
Royalties, license, trademark, management fees •
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