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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Do not do that.Please.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was out at a club, I am caughing from cigarette
smoke, still feeling the booze, and rather sleepy.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>While reading your "admin post" I almost keeled
over onto my laptop.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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::</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm going to sleep now....zzzzzzz</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Abbie, still trying to recover from the
shock</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:starling823@yahoo.com">starling823@yahoo.com</A><BR>69%
obsessed with HP and loving it<BR>"Ah, music," Dumbledore said, wiping his
eyes. "A magic beyond all we do
here!"<BR> -HP and the
Sorcerer's Stone</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:john@walton.to" title=john@walton.to>John Walton</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:Hpforgrownups@yahoogroups.com"
title=Hpforgrownups@yahoogroups.com>Hpforgrownups@yahoogroups.com</A> ; <A
href="mailto:hpfgu-announcements@yahoogroups.com"
title=hpfgu-announcements@yahoogroups.com>hpfgu-announcements@yahoogroups.com</A>
; <A href="mailto:hpfgu-otchatter@yahoogroups.com"
title=hpfgu-otchatter@yahoogroups.com>hpfgu-otchatter@yahoogroups.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, 01 April, 2001 1:00
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [HPFGU-OTChatter] ADMIN:
HPforGrownups to shut down</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>Dear Listmembers,<BR><BR>I've got some unfortunate news to
impart, but please bear with me. As Penny,<BR>the list Founder, is currently
unable to get to her computer (pre-natal<BR>breathing classes, I think), she
has asked me to convey this information to<BR>the group.<BR><BR>Yahoo, host of
the YahooGroups service, has been served with a<BR>cease-and-desist order from
AOL-TimeWarner (parent company of Warner Bros.,<BR>who own the movie rights to
SS/PS and CoS) for HPforGrownups and several<BR>other Harry Potter groups,
including HP_Fanfiction, ParadigmOfUncertainty,<BR>HP_Paradise, SnapeFans and
HPslash, on the basis that they infringe Warner's<BR>copyright for the HP
mark. Yahoo have agreed to go along with this and have<BR>served the
Moderators with a 24-hour closedown period. As of 12 midnight<BR>Eastern Time
tomorrow, the HPforGrownups community, as well as all its<BR>HPFGU-based
lists, will cease functioning. I enclose an email from Yahoo<BR>services
informing us of the action, with the sender obscured.<BR><BR>The Moderators
deeply regret this, but we are left with few options. If you<BR>have any
suggestions at all, we'd be very grateful if you'd send them to our<BR>address
at HPforGrownups-Owner@yahoogroups.com (which will only be working<BR>for a
day). After tomorrow, please use my email (john@walton.to) as
a<BR>contact.<BR><BR>Please be patient during this very trying time for us
all. Again,<BR>HPforGrownups will be discontinued as of midnight on April 1st,
2001.<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR><BR>--John, for the HPforGrownups Moderator
Team<BR><BR>> From: Sheena G. ([deleted]@yahoo-inc.com)<BR>> To:
HPforGrownups-owner@yahoogroups.com<BR>> Cc: [deleted]<BR>> Subject:
Deletion of your group<BR>> <BR>> Dear HPforGrownups Moderator,<BR>>
<BR>> we at Yahoo! have been notified by AOL-TimeWarner that your
HPforGrownups<BR>> group contains several violations of their copyright on
"Harry Potter", and<BR>> has been served a Cease-And-Desist letter by
AOL-TimeWarner. Yahoo! is bound<BR>> by law in the State of California,
which requires us to remove all such<BR>> content within 48 hours. we
therefore inform you that your group will be<BR>> deleted at 9PM
tomorrow.<BR>> <BR>> thank you for using YahooGroups!<BR>> <BR>>
Sheena G.<BR>> Technical Executive<BR>> Yahoo!, Inc.<BR><BR></TT><BR><BR><TT>To
unsubscribe from this group, send an email
to:<BR>HPFGU-OTChatter-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com<BR><BR></TT><BR><BR><TT>Your
use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the <A
href="http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/">Yahoo! Terms of Service</A>.</TT>
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