Defense Distributed, et al

Status
Not open for further replies.
While I understand, and agree with the principle, you can leave me off the Christmas list for that particular book.

I simply have no use for a book of instructions how to program a piece of equipment I don't own (and am not going to own) in order to make a piece of crap single shot pistol. :rolleyes:
 
Did I hear right . The guy is now selling the blueprint claiming he is only bared from postimng them online for free ????
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/...ints-texas-man-says-hes-selling-them-instead/

Interesting, can he set up a wesite that allows anyone in the United States to download the blueprint but you must pay a very small fee to enter the site ? Like a dollar or even a penny ??? That way he can claim he is selling the blueprint rather then giving it away ??
 
Last edited:
Metal god said:
Did I hear right . The guy is now selling the blueprint claiming he is only bared from postimng them online for free ????
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/a...-them-instead/

Interesting, can he set up a wesite that allows anyone in the United States to download the blueprint but you must pay a very small fee to enter the site ? Like a dollar or even a penny ??? That way he can claim he is selling the blueprint rather then giving it away ??
Click to expand...
I've been looking for the actual injunction but I'm not having any luck. But ...

My fuzzy, layman's understanding is that the injunction prohibits Cody Wilson from making the 3-D file available on-line for download. So what he is doing now is selling a printed book that sets forth the code. To use it, you would have to type the code into your own editor to put it back into digital form.

(Or just download it from a bit torrent site.)
 
Cody Wilson is not making the plans available for download and it's someone else who published the book.

Cody Wilson will send you the naughty files on a flash drive and you can pay what you want.

He suggests ten bucks. But he'll only send them to US addresses because such files are only naughty if foreigners have them.


Previously, Defense Distributed had given the files away for free, globally.

"I’m happy to become the iTunes of 3D guns if I can’t be Napster,"

...

Wilson reiterated the move to sell is not motivated in any way by profit and that Defense Distributed remains financially stable. "We’re not desperate for cash, we’re just covering costs," he said. "I remember when Radiohead did this, they said they didn’t make real money for this… I don’t expect to either. There’s plenty of people who don't want this, don't care, until they see the Attorney General of Pennsylvania doesn’t want you to have it."

Throughout his initial statement and while fielding questions from the press, Wilson maintained his main motivation was First Amendment-related. He called out companies like Facebook and Amazon for previously censoring users from posting Defense Distributed file links (the former) or taking down books for sale (the latter) that contained code for the Liberator, the company's blueprinted handgun.

"Today I want to clarify, anyone who wants these files will get them—I’ll sell them, I'll ship them," he continued. "The free exchange of these ideas will never be interrupted. I’m also inviting the public to share their own files and share the profit with me.
Click to expand...



I guess the kittens are going to have to shred the bag down to a molecular level before censors get the point.
 
Umm, that's probably a showstopper for him.
But the design files are out there, so with or without him, it's a done deal.
 
Commander Troy Officer of the Austin Police Department's Organized Crime Unit confirmed at a Wednesday afternoon press conference that the girl was 16. Wilson is not currently in custody, and his last known location is Taipei, Taiwan. The girl told her story to a counselor on Aug. 22, and the counselor called the Austin Police Department.
Click to expand...

Unless the girl is really over 18 and was working undercover, I can't think of any way this could possibly be a "SETUP!". Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think cops can pimp 16 y/o girls.
 
WyMark said:
Unless the girl is really over 18 and was working undercover, I can't think of any way this could possibly be a "SETUP!". Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think cops can pimp 16 y/o girls.
Click to expand...
But Michael Bloomberg, or any card-carrying liberal zealot, can. Remember, Bloomberg is the guy who hired private investigators to knowingly break the law by buying handguns in Virginia even though they were no Virginia residents. That was a violation of federal law but, because it was Michael Bloomberg, nobody was prosecuted.

Look at the shenanigans the Democrats are going through in their efforts to discredit Kavanaugh and derail his SCOTUS confirmation. Is it a major leap of faith to suspect that some liberal with a cause might use a teenie-bopper to set up a guy they see as the devil incarnate because he released a computer file into the wild? It doesn't sound at all implausible to me.
 
Aquila Blanca said:
It doesn't sound at all implausible to me.
Click to expand...

To you maybe. To normal, sane, non-conspiracy theorist people it sounds pretty far out there. Here's another theory: It's just pure coincidence that he happened to be in a country with no formal extradition treaty with the US.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top