ADMIN: HPforGrownups to shut down

[Vicki Granger]

No: HPFGUIDX 15920

*delurks*

Ha. Ha. Ha.

By the time I realised this HAD to be fake (where were the e-mails to 
PoU and HP_Paradise? Why hadn't the groups been deleted from Yahoo! 
Groups?) I had already started having a heartattack (I'm only 13! YOU 
SHALL PAY *glares evilly*), planning a lawsuit (we were only 
discussing the books...), planning a "letter" to WB (in the loosest 
sense of the word) and was about to e-mail with lots of capital 
letters to anyone I could think of to get saving archives and such 
(even though it's now April 4 here... where was *I* when the brains 
were handed out?). I was in full battle mode, and now all I've got is 
a sense of emptiness and severe stomach pains...

And I thought I was safe this year, that no one would get ME with a 
practical joke, how wrong was I?

Though I have to applaud you for the excellent prank now that I'm 
*almost* over it!

*goes right back into lurk mode*

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~*Vicki Granger*~
FanFiction.Net Author
Hermione Granger in Harry_Potter_RPG2
113% Obsessed With Harry Potter
(* ) Chaser ( *)
Proud Ravenclaw

GROW YOUR OWN DOPE --- PLANT A MAN

--- 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.