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60 Year-Old Australian's House Raided Over Re-Posting YouTube Clip

By DrewWilson

There's always the passing thought of getting raided for uploading copyrighted works, but over a viral video originally on YouTube? Controversy has taken hold in Australia recently over what happened to a 60 year old man now charged for child abuse. The report comes from the Sydney Morning Herald which says that Chris Illingworth liked a viral video posted on YouTube so much, that he re-posted it on a similar website known as LiveLeak. Apparently, the act of re-posting that particular video was enough to get his house raided by police. Apparently, the video was originally broadcast on US television, but authorities said that since the video was re-posted by an Australian, the Australian is subject to Australian law. Authorities also said that the child was being abused even though the clip depicts the child laughing and smiling by the end of it.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on December 13, 2008 (boomark / email).