From: Bob Penny <bobpenny@delphi.com>
Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
Subject: Public Notice to Scn lawyers from FACTNet, Inc.
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 95 02:21:35 -0500

February 14, 1995

PUBLIC NOTICE TO OFFICIALS AND LAWYERS OF THE "CHURCH" OF
SCIENTOLOGY FROM FACTNet, INC.

FACTNet is a non-profit victim advocacy organization and
electronic library and archive which contains information on many
different cults.  FACTNet anticipates that the "church" of
Scientology will stage a raid on our facilities similar to the
raid on the premises of Dennis Erlich.  We believe Scientology will
attempt to get a warrant under the false pretense of claiming we are
violating their copyrights.  While we continually have to protect our
BBS's uploads and watch for "hacked in" material that may come from
Scientology operatives trying to plant copyrighted materials on our
system, we do not feel that the copyright violation issue will really
have anything to do with Scientology's attempt to raid us.

The real purpose of Scientology's probable raid is to try to examine
and gain access to ongoing litigation investigations and other legal
materials that are being stored at FACTNet for at least 8 major court
cases from around the world.  With this public notice we once again
put the officials and attorneys of Scientology on notice that the
materials stored at FACTNet are protected under the privileges of
attorney client confidentiality, attorney client work product,
the fair use exemptions for use of copyrighted materials in ongoing
or upcoming litigation, and the privileges and immunities provided
for materials being used in governmental investigations.

If you send rent-a-cops to FACTNet with a bogus search warrant sworn
out on incomplete and false affidavits that fail to mention the above,
you will find yourself facing another SLAPP suit like the one in which
Scientology was just ordered to pay Lawrence Wollersheim $135,000 in
costs.  We are a fully insured organization ready to fight for victims
rights.

In reference to the hero Dennis Erlich, I suggest you go back and reread
the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 and get a copy of the
religious copyright case that was just lost 3 days ago by a religious
organization trying to use copyrights to prevent former members from
practicing their beliefs.  This new decision gives Dennis Erlich and
others a powerful new tool to gut the copyright intimidation your evil
group practices in the name of religion.

Lawrence Wollersheim

cc: Electronic Freedom Foundation, Boardwatch Magazine, American Library
and Archive Associations, all appropriate Internet and BBS discussion
groups.  Feel free to copy this message to anyone you feel could be
aided by it.

