Don’t even look at the video of the swinging baby. You could be prosecuted.

Today’s entry in the “stupid application of the law” books come from Queensland, where a man has been charged with accessing and uploading child abuse material.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/03/10/1236447185321.html

Now, the best this could turn out to be is a case of good intentions gone horribly wrong. Chris Illingworth took something that was already widely available across the internet, and added it to another site. He didn’t create the video, had absolutely nothing to do with its content, and yet he’s being singled out.

My mind’s rife with speculation about Susan Cadzow, the specialist pediatrician at Royal Brisbane Children’s Hospital whose witness statement is central to the Queensland Police’s brief of evidence. I’d love to know her motivations for this…

Either way, a man’s life is ruined by this, and it seems like its done for no good reason.