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12 September 2016

Canadian university labels copyright letters ‘extortion’

The University of Manitoba’s copyright department has reportedly warned students that emails forwarded to them from US copyright owners that are seeking cash settlements for alleged illegal downloading activities are “tantamount to extortion”.

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