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|    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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