ADMIN: AOL snippet of OOP (NO SPOILERS in this ADMIN)

[bluesqueak]

No: HPFGUIDX 60171

Greetings from Hexquarters!

The snippet of Book Five has now been restored to AOL and 
Amazon.com. 

However, there is still a legal injunction banning any publication 
of Book V before midnight BST June 21 2003.

Listmembers are reminded that transcribing or quoting any part of 
Book V on this board could be legally defined as publication. 
Therefore, all posts quoting the text of this snippet have been 
deleted by the Administration Team. Any further posts quoting parts 
of this snippet will also be deleted. 

Our legal understanding is that you are allowed to discuss the 
snippet, providing you can work out how to do so without quoting 
even one word from it.

We are not saying this in order to spoil anyone's fun. We are in 
danger of being in contempt of court if we do not make every effort 
to comply with a legal injunction. Individual posters should note 
that they may also be in contempt if they knowingly publish part of 
Book V on a public forum.

In the eight days remaining, there may be other `leaked' segments 
appearing. Please DO NOT TRANSCRIBE them and publish them on this 
list. WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PUBLISH ANY PART OF BOOK V BEFORE JUNE 
21. After June 21 2003, the `reasonable quotation' rules will be in 
effect.

We apologise to members who have received any deleted posts via 
individual e-mail or via digest. It is not technically possible for 
us to remove posts from digests or recall posts that have already 
been e-mailed to listmembers.

Listmembers are also reminded that spoiler prefixes are in 
operation. Any listmember who does not use the OOP: header prefix 
for a post containing information released about Book V will be 
headed for a short trip to Mr. Filch's office.

Pippy Elf

For the Administration Team