Sex, Drugs, and Webcams

A coworker of mine tipped me off to this story, which was in The Times yesterday. Looks like The Times requires a account for accessing stories after they've been archived, so that link goes to The Statesman. It appears to have a little bit more information than the original article I read. It talks about Brandon Vedas, aka “ripper”, who ended his life online after overdosing in front of a Webcam, while other users watched.

In any case, I thought it was kind of interesting. Any chance the other Webcam watchers could be implicated in his death? The Times story said that police weren't going to press charges. I'm on the fence about what they should or shouldn't do.