I will be posting this link with absolutely no personal opinions or posts besides OP

I think its swell how you guys can be all understanding for people who inadvertently have CP in their cache but didn't intend to. But you're missing the point here. Without possession applying to files stored on your hard drive in legal terms, there is no way to enforce anti CP laws. All it takes is the accused storing his voluminous collection in the cache and pleading ignorance for him to be 100% not guilty based solely on this precedent. Furthermore, it's not absurd that the anti CP law can be written so that individual files in the cache are insufficient to convict someone on the charge. The law can be flexible too, but I feel the need to reiterate: with this decision any enforcement can be evaded at low cost to the criminal.

Innocent people getting brought up on charges (ie not even convicted) < CP going free

It's great and all that you have such a strong standpoint on the matter, but what if you're the one caught in that situation? Would you be so happy that possession of it PERIOD lands you a jail cell? I don't think so. Quit acting as though every person out there with one wrong click of the mouse is a damn criminal.

I would explain the hoops events must've gone through for that result to occur. Really, I just would've cleared my goddamn cache if I suspected the FBI was going to seize my computer. It's something I do regularly enough anyway. This is not an important enough reason to be unable to enforce anti CP laws AT ALL on computers. Which I will continue to impress on you.

Would you still say that kind of "Possesion" its still ground for unjustly sending someone to jail? No just no.

Well, here's your alternative right here. The law in New York state now has a precedent absolving CP viewers, collectors, and probably producers who have the foresight to store their collection in cache. But don't worry, at least innocent people won't be bothered. Unless they're children.

Lack of a perfect enforcement mechanism doesn't mean certain actions shouldn't be legislated against. But that is exactly the trade-off if you prefer this decision.

No one's claiming ignorance of the law. There could be CP on this very page and you wouldn't know about it. Now your cache has CP in it. Not everything loaded on the page is displayed. Think of something like a spoiler tag without the button. It's very easy to do.

You're right, I meant ignorance of your possessions.