Donald Smith's web site gave its members access to short flicks that "typically showed a predator surprising a woman showering or sun-bathing. The victim was knifed or shot at close range in the breast or genitals. Special effects were used to heighten the simulated blood and gore."
Madam Justice Helen Pierce of the Ontario Superior Court ruled that the web site's content is obscene. The Court fined Smith $100,000, imposed three years probation and revoked his Internet access. And the web site has to be taken offline.
This was the first time a Canadian court has ruled in an Internet obscenity case.
Coverage is here.