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October 1st, 2007, 14:18 GMT · By Bogdan Popa

Investigated by the Police for Showing Gas Bombs Creation Tips to YouTubers

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The police officers from Stark County, Ohio started an investigation over a YouTube video which was uploaded by an unknown person and showed gas bombs creation tutorials to all the visitors of the clip. WKYC-TV reports that the Police thinks the clip was created by some teenagers who
gave them the idea to verify the high-schools' yearbooks in order to find out if the main actors appear on them. The video was already removed from the official page of YouTube but the authorities continue the investigations. The difficult aspect of this case is that the videos were recorded on a common background so it's pretty hard to find out the location where the movies were made.

"What they did figure out is it was out of Uniontown's jurisdiction. That's why the cae was handed over to the Stark County sheriff office. They're looking for the subjects and scanning lake high school and the yearbook for matches-- so far no arrests," WKYC-TV adds.

The case might have an unexpected evolution as the authorities can demand the online video sharing service to provide private information about the user who uploaded the clip, a detail which is able to resolve the case in no time. However, this could take some time so the Police continues the case on the legal procedure.

YouTube has always been a controversial technology since many of the clips uploaded on its page were brought into discussion in several cases. Sometimes, the uploaders of the videos were sent to the court and might face several years in prison for copyright infringements. Others were suspended from school because they recorded school fights and published them on YouTube. Speedsters were put under investigations after clips showing them driving with stunning speeds were uploaded on YouTube. So, try to be careful what you upload on YouTube, just to be on the safe side.

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