The trial shows the hazards of bringing obscenity laws to bear on speech.
The case challenged the federal government's obscenity laws under the criminal code.
It was the first time that the Canadian obscenity laws, established in 1959, were used against a record label.
Trying to squeeze into anything smaller might well violate several states' obscenity laws.
While many of them wanted to have the paper prosecuted under obscenity laws, they bowed to the inevitable.
I don't know what happened to the audible obscenity law but it certainly wasn't in operation today.
The case would have little impact on the future development of obscenity law.
The films are not governed by the obscenity law.
"And I do think it is a suitable vehicle for prosecution under the obscenity law."