Harry Potter News (Cut and pasted)

[Brooks R]

No: HPFGUIDX 1765

  Not to single out Denise, but on several lists I am on, we have had 
to find some compromise on the issue of copyrighted material in
posts. 

 It may be less of an issue on an 'archives for members only' group, 
such as this one, but I suggest that it both saves bandwidth and 
reduces the risks of copyright complaint, to simply post the URL to 
the story (as I had already done on the first story quoted.....).  
That is 100% legal, and therefore safe.  It also reduces the size of 
messages  - and digests.   (Remembering to only quote key parts of a 
replied-to message also reduces digest size.)

  Plus, I want to remind US members that many people outside the US 
still have to pay-per-minute for internet & telephone time (most US 
ISP's, and local telephone service, is flat rate).  Sending just the 
title and maybe first line of a story with the URL, will let someone 
decide if they want to read the whole thing.  That is another reason 
to not be too profligate with message size.


  On to content for a moment....

  Anyone notice a strange, probable misspelling, in the last article, 
about Dobby's clothing being reminiscent of a "gallery slave"?  That 
should probably be "galley slave", a la _Ben Hur_.  Otherwise I just 
have this image of sad-faced people in chains walking around, moving 
paintings from on wall to another in an art gallery.....

-Brooks