Original sentence: In a 1998 ruling he was ordered to pay damages of aprroximatly US$1,000 and legal costs over US$200,000, an amount that he was unable to afford.scientology and, even though he had never participated in the online battle between Scientology and its critics before and no one knew him, he openly posted the copyrighted documents of Scientology known as NOTs ("New Era Dianetics for Operating Thetans," or "New OT") to the newsgroup and invited the organization to sue him
Edited sentence: In a 1998 ruling he was ordered to pay damages of ca US$1,000 and legal costs over US$200,000, an amount that he was unable to afford.scientology and, even though he had never participated in the online battle between Scientology and its critics before and no one knew him, he blatantly posted the copyrighted documents of Scientology known as NOTs ("New Era Dianetics for Operating Thetans," or "New OT") to the newsgroup and invited the organization to sue him