Websites And Lawyers Play Cat & Mouse With Crazy Cruise Scientology Video
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by NicoleIn an earlier post we told you about the bizarre Tom Cruise / Scientology video, which has been doing vanishing acts all over the internet, most likely as fast as Church of Scientology lawyers can send out DMCA notices to stop its proliferation. Gawker.com nailed down a copy of the video and posted it on their site yesterday, hosting it on their servers to avoid it self-destructing. "It's newsworthy; and we will not be removing it," they stated.
Predictably, today Gawker got a letter from The Church of Scientology's attorneys demanding that they remove the video from their site. The lawyers claim the video, which was filmed in 2004 when Cruise was honored with a Freedom Medal of Valor award at an International Association of Scientologists event, was stolen from one of their churches. Gawker's lawyer has responded claiming it is "in the public interest" and that therefore their "use is fair." In the meantime, TMZ has tracked down and posted another segment of the video, so expect the legal notices to keep flying.
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