ADMIN: HPforGrownups to shut down-- An Idea

[rainy_lilac at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 15737


I have not read any of the otehr replies to this, but I know how to set up a private listserve using majordomo.

There is no reason why we should have to lose our precious community. All we need to do is continue our conversations in private. The listserve can be advertised so that people will know how to join.

Let's talk about this.... Let's not give up!!


Suzanne


--- 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.