Comment by skissane

> 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....