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   Tony to All   
   For the record JMJimmy's mother was 86 y   
   14 Jan 17 00:35:27   
   
   From: Tony@TheDeliKing.com   
      
   Post-nuclear war, mutant-killing video games are not Christine   
   McMillan's thing.   
      
   But the 86-year-old from Ontario (Miss JM) has been warned she could   
   have to pay up to $5,000 for illegally downloading a game she'd never   
   heard of.   
      
   She is one of likely tens of thousands of Canadians who have received   
   notices to pay up, whether they are guilty or not.   
      
   "I found it quite shocking %u2026 I'm 86 years old, no one has access to   
   my computer but me, why would I download a war game?" McMillan told Go   
   Public.   
      
   .......   
      
   "It seems to be a very foolish piece of legislation," McMillan said.   
      
   "That somebody can threaten you over the internet %u2026 that to me is   
   intimidation and I can't believe the government would support such action."   
      
   ..................   
      
   The owner of CANIPRE told Go Public he gets 400 calls and emails from   
   people on a busy day and "most of them" settle.   
      
   "Ultimately, we are helping our clients get their educational message   
   out about anti-piracy and theft of content and how it harms them and   
   their rightful marketplace," Barry Logan said.   
      
   When asked about the wording that McMillan found threatening, Logan said   
   his company ran the language by lawyers and it's legal.   
      
   He says his company has collected about $500,000 for its clients since   
   the Notice and Notice regime started almost two years ago.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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