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Viewing Files on the Web Considered Possession?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the only-if-the-site-charges dept.

Packet Pusher writes "A Georgia lawyer is taking a case to appeals court to prove that the mere act of viewing a website does not constitute possession of the materials that were automatically cached on your hard drive." While the case in question involves pornographic photos, the implications of such a declaration could reach far further.

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  1. Time to move those mp3's by winkydink · · Score: 4, Funny

    to Temporary Internet Files :)

    --

    "I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey

  2. Re:Holely Cheese by Acts+of+Attrition · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't worry.
    All the guys I know whose girlfriends/wives also use the computer know EXACTLY what the cache is and how to clear it.

  3. Re:Holely Cheese by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    that's why I do all my browser caching on a usb2 flash drive when I'm looking at illicit internet pictures that I don't want my girlfriend to know I'm looking at.

    Or at least I would. If I had a girlfriend, and wanted to look at illicit internet pictures and didn't want her to know it.