=============== ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/CAF/faq/umanitoba.ca ===============
q: What is going on at the University of Manitoba in Canada? What is
the Canadian law on obscenity?

a: Here is some information related to the alt.sex* ban at the U. of Manitoba.

ANNOTATED REFERENCES

(All these documents are available on-line. Access information follows.)

=================<a href="ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/CAF/library/int-freedom.can">
library/int-freedom.can
=================</a>
* Intellectual Freedom Statement -- Canadian Library Assoc

=================<a href="http://www.eff.org/CAF/faq/netnews.reading.html">
faq/netnews.reading
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* Netnews -- Policies on What Users Read
 
q: Should my university remove (or restrict) Netnews newsgroups
because some people find them offensive? If it doesn't have the
resources to carry all newsgroups, how should newsgroups be selected?
 
a: Material should not be restricted just because it is offensive to
...

=================<a href="ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/CAF/law/charter.can">
law/charter.can
=================</a>
* Constitution -- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms -- Full Text

From the Canadian Constitution Act 1982

=================<a href="ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/CAF/law/r-v-butler">
law/r-v-butler
=================</a>
* Expression -- Obscenity -- Canada -- R. v. Butler

The official summary and excerpts from the full decision in the case
of _R. v. Butler_. This Canadian Supreme Court case, decided in
February 1992, redefined "obscenity" in Canada.

=================<a href="ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/CAF/law/r-v-butler.ms">
law/r-v-butler.ms
=================</a>
* Expression -- Obscenity -- Canada -- Ms. -- R. v. Butler

Information on the Canadian definition of obscenity from _Ms._
magazine.

=================<a href="ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/CAF/policies/umanitoba.ca.critique">
policies/umanitoba.ca.critique
=================</a>
* Canada -- U. of Manitoba -- Critique

An open letter from Brad Templeton to the U. of Manitoba arguing against their
newsgroup ban.

=================<a href="ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/CAF/cases/ontario_universities">
cases/ontario_universities
=================</a>
[No annotation available.]

=================<a href="ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/CAF/cases/waterloo.ca">
cases/waterloo.ca
=================</a>
History of the U. of Waterloo (in Canada) ban of rec.humor.funny and
alt.sex*. (They eventually restored the newsgroups.)

=================<a href="ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/CAF/policies/waterloo.edu">
policies/waterloo.edu
=================</a>
* Canada -- U. of Waterloo

Newsgroup policy for the University of Waterloo and "Report of the
Advisory Committee on Netowrk News"

The policy recognizes that each user is responsible for what he or she
writes. It says that all available newsgroups will be carried without
screening or censorship. It establishes a procedure for dealing with
bad (illegal?) articles posted from off-campus.

=================<a href="ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/CAF/policies/utoronto.ca">
policies/utoronto.ca
=================</a>
* Canada -- U. of Toronto

An article from the University of Toronto _Bulletin_. It says, in
part, "U of T is not planning to intercept or censor the international
computer network, Internet, that carries among its thousands of files
a couple that contain violent pornographic material."

=================<a href="ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/CAF/policies/netnews.uwo.ca">
policies/netnews.uwo.ca
=================</a>
* U. of Western Ontario -- Netnews policy

It says in part: "In its publications regarding Usenet, CCS should
make it clear that the individual user bears the primary
responsibility for the material that he or she chooses to send or
display on the network or on the University's computer systems."  It
also specifies a procedure for dealing with challenges to material.

=================<a href="ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/CAF/cases/jmcabstract">
cases/jmcabstract
=================</a>
Professor John 	McCarthy lead the effort to restore "rec.humor.funny"
at Stanford. In March of 1991, he traveled to the University of
Waterloo, a place where "rec.humor.funny" and "alt.sex" was banned.
At Waterloo, he gave one talk on a new computer language and a second
talk on "Network Publication and Free Expression". This is the
abstract of that talk.  (In May 1991, an advisory committee said the
ban should be lifted. In October 1991, the ban was lifted.)

(Also, see "stanford.statements")

=================<a href="ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/CAF/banned.1992">
banned.1992
=================</a>
* Computer material that was banned/challenged in academia in 1992

A list of computer material that was banned or challenged in academia
in 1992. The institutions mentioned are:

Ball State U., Boston U. (2), Carnegie Mellon U., German universities,
Iowa State U. (3), Irish universities, James Madison U., Middle East
Technical U., North Dakota State U., Pennsylvania State U., Princeton,
Simon Fraser U., U. of British Columbia, U. of California at Berkeley
*, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U. of Manitoba, U. of Nebraska
at Lincoln, U. of Newcastle, U. of Ottawa, U. of Texas, U. of Toledo,
U. of Toronto *, U. of Wyoming, United Kingdom Net, Virginia Public
Education Network, Virginia Tech, Western Washington U. (& U. of
Washington), Wilfrid Laurier U. (2), Williams College **

========
* Site of an unsuccessful challenge
** College not directly involved.

=================<a href="ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/CAF/caf">
caf
=================</a>
* About the CAF mailing lists (and newsgroups)

A description of the comp-academic-freedom-talk mailing list. It is a
free-forum for the discussion of questions such as: How should general
principles of academic freedom (such as freedom of expression, freedom
to read, due process, and privacy) be applied to university computers
and networks? How are these principles actually being applied? How can
the principles of academic freedom as applied to computers and
networks be defended?

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If you have gopher, you can browse the CAF archive with the command
   gopher gopher.eff.org

These document(s) are also available by anonymous ftp (the preferred
method) and by email. To get the file(s) via ftp, do an anonymous ftp
to ftp.eff.org, and then:

  cd  /pub/CAF/library
  get int-freedom.can
  cd  /pub/CAF/faq
  get netnews.reading
  cd  /pub/CAF/law
  get charter.can
  cd  /pub/CAF/law
  get r-v-butler
  cd  /pub/CAF/law
  get r-v-butler.ms
  cd  /pub/CAF/policies
  get umanitoba.ca.critique
  cd  /pub/CAF/cases
  get ontario_universities
  cd  /pub/CAF/cases
  get waterloo.ca
  cd  /pub/CAF/policies
  get waterloo.edu
  cd  /pub/CAF/policies
  get utoronto.ca
  cd  /pub/CAF/policies
  get netnews.uwo.ca
  cd  /pub/CAF/cases
  get jmcabstract
  cd  /pub/CAF
  get banned.1992
  cd  /pub/CAF
  get caf

To get the file(s) by email, send email to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com
Include the line(s):

  connect ftp.eff.org
  cd  /pub/CAF/library
  get int-freedom.can
  cd  /pub/CAF/faq
  get netnews.reading
  cd  /pub/CAF/law
  get charter.can
  cd  /pub/CAF/law
  get r-v-butler
  cd  /pub/CAF/law
  get r-v-butler.ms
  cd  /pub/CAF/policies
  get umanitoba.ca.critique
  cd  /pub/CAF/cases
  get ontario_universities
  cd  /pub/CAF/cases
  get waterloo.ca
  cd  /pub/CAF/policies
  get waterloo.edu
  cd  /pub/CAF/policies
  get utoronto.ca
  cd  /pub/CAF/policies
  get netnews.uwo.ca
  cd  /pub/CAF/cases
  get jmcabstract
  cd  /pub/CAF
  get banned.1992
  cd  /pub/CAF
  get caf