-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- At 12:45 PM 04/6/96 -0500, Stan Bernstein <sbernst@panix.com> wrote:

On Sat, 6 Apr 1996, Declan B. McCullagh wrote: [snip]

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One wonders whether "download" or "retrieve" could be applied to netsurfing on the World Wide Web, which procedure "caches" web information in the end-viewer's hard drive often for several days or even months depending on configuration of browser software.

Makes me wonder if browser companies/authors couldn't be dragged into any such conflicts. If Person A inadvertently stumbles across Pedophiles 'R' Us on the net, and quickly moves on, I have yet to see a browser that lets him/her say "quick - delete that last cacheing operation", thus *making* him/her 'guilty' of criminal possession. Legal opinions? Dave Merriman -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMWY9GcVrTvyYOzAZAQH8eQP8DxckYYyMg10XcQdH67G22hIsvuREGDOI AgN/aSJXDddwg0PslLqA3MVxCOB4POLLMx5EAO0aQ5yGVIBNdFNoG/9fQPi7DHMj rulR9PNClQG5krJ6jRDGT1KvE29xUu3inZLcPZF47N11+N5WWJ1YBUqdnlGJNrCb YXifso2HZjo= =EBit -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------- "Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys." P. J. O'Rourke (b. 1947), U.S. journalist. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> http://www.shellback.com/personal/merriman/index.htm