Comment by metalcrow
Specifically, this ruling does not make that kind of content illegal. This person was convicted under federal obscenity statues, which are....fuzzy to say the least. As Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart said, it's a "i know it when i see it" thing.
Which in effect is basically a "you can go to jail if we think you're too gross" law.
> Specifically, this ruling does not make that kind of content illegal.
I don't know exactly what you mean by that, but if you can get a 40 year prison sentence for "that kind of content", then it is illegal.
> This person was convicted under federal obscenity statues, which are....fuzzy to say the least.
So are child pornography statutes. Canada's [0] has lots of subjective clauses open to judicial interpretation, such as whether the content "has a legitimate purpose related to.. science, medicine, education or art". How do you draw that line? Potter Stewart’s famous quip applies here too
[0] https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/section-163.1....