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March 29, 2004

Michael Viner Declares NYDN, AJ-C Fair Game

by Ron Hogan

Looks like Cindy Adams was right, as the rumors she mentioned last week came true: New Millennium filed suit against two newspapers (and a writer at each one) for printing excerpts of Burning Down My Master's House, charging them with a variety of crimes "including copyright infringement, breach of contract and violation of the California Uniform Trade Secrets Act." That last charge is one which the Scientologists have made extensive use of in the last decade in order to silence critics who quote from documents officially made available only to high-level initiates.

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