September 22, 2007

YouTube suicide video tests law

Australian who download a video about euthanasia campaigners making a suicide pill could be breaking internet laws, reports News.com.au.

"The five-minute film, Single Shot, was made by Exit International, a pro-choice voluntary euthanasia/ assisted suicide organisation.

The video has been downloaded by more than 100 people a day since it was posted on YouTube three weeks ago.

Dr Nitschke said Exit International had been careful to remain within the site's rules so the film would not be removed.

But he said the group and anyone who downloaded the video could risk breaking laws which make it a crime to use the internet to transmit information about ending life."

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