ADMIN: HPforGrownups to shut down

[MMMfanfic at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 15695

Umm, is this a joke?  I know it's April's fool but still YOU CAN 
CAUSE HEART ATTACK by sending messages like this.
Anyway, HAHAHAHAHA.  It did look pretty authentic at first glance.

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., John Walton <john at w...> wrote:
> 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 y... (which will only be working
> for a day). After tomorrow, please use my email (john at w...) 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 y...
> > 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.