[HPforGrownups] Re: ADMIN: Legality of having the trailer in Files

[John Walton]

No: HPFGUIDX 13919

I said:
>> Actually, Joywitch, the Moderator Team made the decision to take it out of
>> the Files section as it violates WB's copyright for us to store it. Heidi
>> suggested (but did not legally advise...did I get that right, Heidi?) that we
>> dissuade folks from putting it back.

Snape Snape Man said:
> OK, I confess. I was the irresponsible person who uploaded the
> trailer on to the Files section.
> I wanted to make it easier for fellow HP fans to access it. I
> originally downloaded it from the BBC site.
> So what are you going to do? Set Voldemort and his pals on me as
> punishment?

No, not irresponsible at all, and my wasn't intended to be a public
recrimination in any way. I just wanted to prevent others taking the time to
upload with good intentions and in good faith a large file which the Mods
would then have to delete for legal reasons :)

With the current climate of Warner Bros. litigiousness (see
www.potterwar.org.uk), the Moderator Team has made a general decision that
we're going to err on the side of caution with regard to copyright and
intellectual property issues. After all, nobody wants to see this list get
shut down by WB for copyright infringement.

Lastly, please don't take my message above as a thinly-veiled jibe because,
quite frankly, I'm very bad at thinly-veiled anythings. I tend to tear thin
veils, and anyway, what's the point of having a veil that's so thin you can
see through it? ::v b e g::

--John, recently voted Mr Semantics UK

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