[HPFGU-OTChatter] ADMIN: HPforGrownups to shut down

[Starling]

John.
Do not do that.Please.
I was out at a club, I am caughing from cigarette smoke, still feeling the booze, and rather sleepy.
While reading your "admin post" I almost keeled over onto my laptop.
I will give you credit for being incredibly creative.  But ye gods, man, have mercy on our poor obsessed souls!  I think even Snape wouldn't be that mean.  ::sniff::
I'm going to sleep now....zzzzzzz

Abbie, still trying to recover from the shock
starling823 at yahoo.com
69% obsessed with HP and loving it
"Ah, music," Dumbledore said, wiping his eyes.  "A magic beyond all we do here!"
          -HP and the Sorcerer's Stone


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Walton 
  To: Hpforgrownups at yahoogroups.com ; hpfgu-announcements at yahoogroups.com ; hpfgu-otchatter at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, 01 April, 2001 1:00 AM
  Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] ADMIN: HPforGrownups to shut down


  Dear Listmembers,

  I've got some unfortunate news to impart, but please bear with me. As Penny,
  the list Founder, is currently unable to get to her computer (pre-natal
  breathing classes, I think), she has asked me to convey this information to
  the group.

  Yahoo, host of the YahooGroups service, has been served with a
  cease-and-desist order from AOL-TimeWarner (parent company of Warner Bros.,
  who own the movie rights to SS/PS and CoS) for HPforGrownups and several
  other Harry Potter groups, including HP_Fanfiction, ParadigmOfUncertainty,
  HP_Paradise, SnapeFans and HPslash, on the basis that they infringe Warner's
  copyright for the HP mark. Yahoo have agreed to go along with this and have
  served the Moderators with a 24-hour closedown period. As of 12 midnight
  Eastern Time tomorrow, the HPforGrownups community, as well as all its
  HPFGU-based lists, will cease functioning. I enclose an email from Yahoo
  services informing us of the action, with the sender obscured.

  The Moderators deeply regret this, but we are left with few options. If you
  have any suggestions at all, we'd be very grateful if you'd send them to our
  address at HPforGrownups-Owner at yahoogroups.com (which will only be working
  for a day). After tomorrow, please use my email (john at walton.to) as a
  contact.

  Please be patient during this very trying time for us all. Again,
  HPforGrownups will be discontinued as of midnight on April 1st, 2001.

  Sincerely,

  --John, for the HPforGrownups Moderator Team

  > From: Sheena G. ([deleted]@yahoo-inc.com)
  > To: HPforGrownups-owner at yahoogroups.com
  > Cc: [deleted]
  > Subject: Deletion of your group
  > 
  > Dear HPforGrownups Moderator,
  > 
  > we at Yahoo! have been notified by AOL-TimeWarner that your HPforGrownups
  > group contains several violations of their copyright on "Harry Potter", and
  > has been served a Cease-And-Desist letter by AOL-TimeWarner. Yahoo! is bound
  > by law in the State of California, which requires us to remove all such
  > content within 48 hours. we therefore inform you that your group will be
  > deleted at 9PM tomorrow.
  > 
  > thank you for using YahooGroups!
  > 
  > Sheena G.
  > Technical Executive
  > Yahoo!, Inc.


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