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{{short description|German software developer and critic of Scientology}}
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'''Tilman Hausherr''' is a German citizen living in ], ]. Hausherr is well known among ] for ] and for maintaining a ] critical of ]. Hausherr is also the author of a software utility, ], which was praised in a 2002 '']'' article covering 70 ] utilities.<ref>"70 assists for a winning site.(WEB BUILDER'S TOOLKIT)", '']'', April 23, 2002.</ref>
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== Coined "Sporgery" ==
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{{Main|Sporgery}}
'''Tilman Hausherr''' is a German citizen born 1965 and living in ], Germany. He is a software developer and the author of the software '']'', but he is best known for his criticism of ].
Hausherr is credited with coining the term "]" in the ] ] '']'', to which he is a regular contributor.<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926222106/http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/10675/Attack_of_the_Robotic_Poets_pg2.html |date=2007-09-26 }}, '']'', by ], May 06, 1999.</ref><ref name="Højsgaard">{{cite book
| last = Højsgaard
| first = Morten T.
|author2=Margit Warburg
| title = Religion and Cyberspace
| publisher = Routledge
| year = 2005
| isbn = 0-415-35767-5
| page = 111}}
</ref> "Sporgery" refers to internet attacks that not only spam a forum with offensive posts but also misrepresent regular users by forging their names to the spam posts. The term is a blending of the words "]" and "]".<ref name="Højsgaard" /><ref>{{cite news | first = Daniel | last = Rutter | title = Gibbering clones the future of Usenet? | url = http://www.dansdata.com/sporge.htm | format = Reprint with annotation | publisher = Australian IT | date = 1999-09-16 | accessdate = 2007-03-16}}</ref>


==Scientology critic== == Website ==
Hausherr's website contains a large section critical of Scientology, including the "Scientology celebrities FAQ", as well as the "FAQ: Scientology in Germany" (2001).<ref>{{cite journal|last=Kent|first=Stephen|author-link=Stephen A. Kent|date=September 2003|title=Scientology and the European Human Rights Debate: A Reply to Leisa Goodman, J. Gordon Melton, and the European Rehabilitation Project Force Study |journal=]|publisher=]|volume=8|issue=1|url=https://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/ep/0004/article/view/3725 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060629063543/http://web.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/mjr/kent3.html|archive-date=June 29, 2006 |doi=10.17192/mjr.2003.8.3725}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal
He has been described as a "critic of Scientology"<ref>{{cite journal
| last=Kent | first=Irving
| first=Stephen A.
| title=Scientology and the European Human Rights Debate: A Reply to Leisa Goodman, J. Gordon Melton, and the European Rehabilitation Project Force Study
| journal=Marburg Journal of Religion
| volume=8
| issue=1
| year=2003
| month=September
| url=http://web.uni-marburg.de/religionswissenschaft/journal/mjr/kent3.html
}}</ref>, an "anti cult-figure"<ref>{{cite journal
| first=Irving
| last=Hexham | last=Hexham
| coauthors=Karla Poewe |author2=Karla Poewe
| title=“Verfassungsfeindlich”: Church, State, And New Religions In Germany | title="Verfassungsfeindlich": Church, State, And New Religions In Germany
| journal=Nova Religio | journal=Nova Religio
| volume=2 | volume=2
| issue=2 | issue=2
| year=1999 | month=April | pages=208-227 |date=April 1999 | pages=208–227
| url=http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~nurelweb/papers/irving/Verfas.htm | url=http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~nurelweb/papers/irving/Verfas.htm
| doi=10.1525/nr.1999.2.2.208
}}</ref>, and an "anti-cultist" <ref>{{cite journal
}}<br />Hudson, David., , '']'', February 25, 1997</ref> He has also contributed updates on the activities of the Church of Scientology to the magazine ''Berliner Dialog'', published until 2005 by the ] Dialog Zentrum Berlin e.V.<ref></ref> Hausherr was quoted in ''Religion Online'' as stating on his Web site: "Scientology is evil; its techniques evil; its practice a serious threat to the community, medically, morally and socially."<ref>{{cite book
| last=Cowan
| first=Douglas E. | last = Dawson
| first = Lorne L.
| title=Cult Apology: A Modest (Typological) Proposal
| author-link = Lorne L. Dawson
| booktitle=Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Conference "Boundaries and Commitments in NRM Research"
|author2=Douglas E. Cowan
| year=2002
|author2-link=Douglas E. Cowan
| url=http://c.faculty.umkc.edu/cowande/sssr-2002.pdf
| title = Religion Online: Finding Faith on the Internet
}} </ref>. Hausherr maintains a website with material related to Scientology, including the the ''Scientology celebrities FAQ'', as well as the ''FAQ: Scientology in Germany'' (2001), which was cited as a reference by '']''<ref>Hudson, David., , '']'', ], ].<blockquote>Although the organization has lost many cases, it has won a few. (Several of the landmark cases are outlined in Tilman Hausherr's "FAQ: Scientology in Germany".) </blockquote></ref>.
| publisher = Routledge
| year = 2004
| isbn = 0-415-97022-9
| page = 261}}
</ref>


In ], Scientology sent a letter to Hausherr, telling him to remove altered Scientology images from his Web site<ref name="cnet1998">{{cite news In 1998, attorneys representing the Church of Scientology sent a letter to Hausherr, telling him to remove altered Scientology images from his Web site.<ref name="cnet1998">{{cite news
| last = Macavinta |last=Macavinta
| first = Courtney |first=Courtney
|title=Scientologists in trademark disputes
| coauthors =
|publisher=CNET News
| title = Scientologists in trademark disputes
|date=January 29, 1998
| work =
|url=http://news.cnet.com/Scientologists+in+trademark+disputes/2100-1023_3-207618.html
| pages =
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119222638/http://news.cnet.com/Scientologists-in-trademark-disputes/2100-1023_3-207618.html
| language = ]
|archive-date=January 19, 2013
| publisher = CNET News
|url-status=dead
| date = ], ]
}}</ref> Hausherr had parodied copyright-protected images belonging to the Church including changing the ] to a ], as well as elongating the nose of the president of the organization, an image intended to evoke comparison to ].<ref name="cnet1998" /> In the course of the dispute ], which was hosting the pages and altered images, blocked his website for terms of service violations.<ref>{{cite news
| url = http://news.com.com/Scientologists+in+trademark+disputes/2100-1023_3-207618.html
|last = Zehnder
| accessdate = }}</ref>. Parody alterations included changing the ] to a ], as well as elongating the nose of the president of the organization, which was a comparison to ], a liar<ref name="cnet1998" />. In the course of the dispute Compuserve - hosting the pages and altered images - blocked his website for TOS violation<ref>{{cite news
|first = Matthias W.
| last = Zehnder
|title = Extremismus im Internet
| first = Matthias W.
|language = de
| title = Extremismus im Internet
|publisher = Birkhäuser Verlag
| work =
|date = 1998
| pages =
|url = http://www.mediaculture-online.de/fileadmin/bibliothek/zehnder_extremismus/zehnder_extremismus.html
| language = ]
|url-status = dead
| publisher = Birkhäuser Verlag
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927012440/http://www.mediaculture-online.de/fileadmin/bibliothek/zehnder_extremismus/zehnder_extremismus.html
| date = ]
|archive-date = 2007-09-27
| url = http://www.mediaculture-online.de/fileadmin/bibliothek/zehnder_extremismus/zehnder_extremismus.html
| accessdate = }}</ref>. Hausherr had maintained that the altering of the images showed that this was a fair use parody<ref name="cnet1998" />. }}</ref> Hausherr defended his site, saying "It's just a page making fun of Scientology--it's a form of art. Parodies are allowed under German and U.S. law."<ref name="cnet1998" />

A ] run group, ], has alleged that "Hausherr has been harassing the Church of Scientology since late 1994. His acts of hatred include making threats against parishioners by posting their names and businesses"<ref>{{cite news
| first = Religious Freedom Watch
| title = Anti-Religious Extremists Tilman Hausherr
| publisher = Religious Freedom Watch
| url = http://www.religiousfreedomwatch.com/anti-religious-extremists/tilman-hausherr/
| accessdate =}}</ref>

==Tech sector==
Aside from his work at a branch of ]<ref>{{cite book
| last = Hartwig
| first = Renate
| title = Die Schattenspieler
| publisher = Direct Verlag
| year = 2002
| page = 194/195
| edition = 3rd
| url = http://directverlag.de
| isbn = 3935264021 }}</ref> Hausherr has contributed to the magazine ''Berliner Dialog'', published until ] by the ] ]<ref></ref><ref></ref><ref></ref>.

Sources credit Hausherr for coining the term "]" in the ] ] '']'', to which he is a regular contributor.<ref>, '']'', by ], ], ].</ref>

Hausherr's ''Xenu's Link Sleuth'' software was called the "fastest link-checking software" by '']''<ref>"70 assists for a winning site.(WEB BUILDER'S TOOLKIT)", '']'', ], ].</ref>.


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German software developer and critic of Scientology

Tilman Hausherr
OccupationSoftware developer
NationalityGerman
GenreComputer programming, Scientology criticism
SubjectScientology, Relational database management system
Website
xenu.de

Tilman Hausherr is a German citizen living in Berlin, Germany. Hausherr is well known among critics of Scientology for his frequent Usenet posts and for maintaining a website critical of Scientology. Hausherr is also the author of a software utility, Xenu's Link Sleuth, which was praised in a 2002 PC Magazine article covering 70 web builder utilities.

Coined "Sporgery"

Main article: Sporgery

Hausherr is credited with coining the term "Sporgery" in the Usenet newsgroup alt.religion.scientology, to which he is a regular contributor. "Sporgery" refers to internet attacks that not only spam a forum with offensive posts but also misrepresent regular users by forging their names to the spam posts. The term is a blending of the words "spam" and "forgery".

Website

Hausherr's website contains a large section critical of Scientology, including the "Scientology celebrities FAQ", as well as the "FAQ: Scientology in Germany" (2001). He has also contributed updates on the activities of the Church of Scientology to the magazine Berliner Dialog, published until 2005 by the non-profit organization Dialog Zentrum Berlin e.V. Hausherr was quoted in Religion Online as stating on his Web site: "Scientology is evil; its techniques evil; its practice a serious threat to the community, medically, morally and socially."

In 1998, attorneys representing the Church of Scientology sent a letter to Hausherr, telling him to remove altered Scientology images from his Web site. Hausherr had parodied copyright-protected images belonging to the Church including changing the Scientology "S" to a dollar sign, as well as elongating the nose of the president of the organization, an image intended to evoke comparison to Pinocchio. In the course of the dispute Compuserve, which was hosting the pages and altered images, blocked his website for terms of service violations. Hausherr defended his site, saying "It's just a page making fun of Scientology--it's a form of art. Parodies are allowed under German and U.S. law."

References

  1. "70 assists for a winning site.(WEB BUILDER'S TOOLKIT)", PC Magazine, April 23, 2002.
  2. Attack of the Robotic Poets Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, ZDNet, by Kevin Poulsen, May 06, 1999.
  3. ^ Højsgaard, Morten T.; Margit Warburg (2005). Religion and Cyberspace. Routledge. p. 111. ISBN 0-415-35767-5.
  4. Rutter, Daniel (16 September 1999). "Gibbering clones the future of Usenet?" (Reprint with annotation). Australian IT. Retrieved 16 March 2007.
  5. Kent, Stephen (September 2003). "Scientology and the European Human Rights Debate: A Reply to Leisa Goodman, J. Gordon Melton, and the European Rehabilitation Project Force Study". Marburg Journal of Religion. 8 (1). University of Marburg. doi:10.17192/mjr.2003.8.3725. Archived from the original on 29 June 2006.
  6. Hexham, Irving; Karla Poewe (April 1999). ""Verfassungsfeindlich": Church, State, And New Religions In Germany". Nova Religio. 2 (2): 208–227. doi:10.1525/nr.1999.2.2.208.
    Hudson, David., Scientology's "Holocaust" : Is Hollywood on the wrong side in Germany's "Church" vs. state furor?, Salon.com, February 25, 1997
  7. Berliner Dialog Article by Tilman Hausherr, "Helnwein und Scientology"
  8. Dawson, Lorne L.; Douglas E. Cowan (2004). Religion Online: Finding Faith on the Internet. Routledge. p. 261. ISBN 0-415-97022-9.
  9. ^ Macavinta, Courtney (29 January 1998). "Scientologists in trademark disputes". CNET News. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013.
  10. Zehnder, Matthias W. (1998). "Extremismus im Internet" (in German). Birkhäuser Verlag. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.

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