Right to repairs unlikely new adversary Scientologists

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Scientologists Today Media reported on a letter sent on August to the US Copyright Office by Ryland Hawkins of Author Services Inc
The company its website and letterhead say represents the literary theatrical and musical works of L Ron Hubbard the late founder of Scientology
Author Services according to records archived via the WayBackMachine is owned by the Church of Spiritual Technology which describes itself as a church within Scientology
The letter addresses Section of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act DMCA which makes it unlawful to circumvent technological measures used to prevent unauthorized access to copyrighted works

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Right to repairs unlikely new adversary Scientologists

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