McMillan has an adult grandson, but he doesn't have access to the computer. McMillan's IP address, the string of numbers that identifies each computer communicating over a network, was used to download the game. They were from a private company called Canadian Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement (CANIPRE) claiming she had illegally downloaded Metro 2033, a first-person shooter game where nuclear war survivors have to kill mutants. In May, she received two emails forwarded by her internet provider. "I found it quite shocking … 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. She is one of likely tens of thousands of Canadians who have received notices to pay up, whether they are guilty or not. Post-nuclear war, mutant-killing video games are not Christine McMillan's thing.īut the 86-year-old from Ontario has been warned she could have to pay up to $5,000 for illegally downloading a game she'd never heard of.
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