material is material... (Score 1)

if i brought a newspaper, the paper is mine while i can not claim that i wrote the news... but sure hell i can do whatever i want with it...

put that perpective onto web materials, if i download something (say porn), that material is indeed mine, my possesion, while still i can not claim i create the material..

and if some fbi/cops come to my harddisk and find that the material is a kiddy porn, sure as hell i'll get a jail time for "possessing" the material..

i say, viewing (directly or indirectly --i.e. viewing slashdot.jpg) is considered as possesing.