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After being enjoined from distributing 3D CAD Files of firearms from his website, DEFCAD.com, Cody Wilson announces plans to sell the files for any chosen price.
In other words: If he can't be the "Napster" of crypto-guns, he'll be the "iTunes," Wilson told reporters at a press conference Tuesday in Austin.
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Josh Blackman, Wilson's lawyer, said in an interview Tuesday that selling the blueprints directly to people within the United States is perfectly legal."It's not about distribution, it's about posting them," Blackman said. "There's no prohibition on distributing these files — the prohibition is on doing it in a way that foreign persons can access."
Also at The Register, BBC, and Ars Technica.
Previously: Federal Judge Imposes Preliminary Injunction Against Defense Distributed's DEFCAD
(Score: 4, Interesting) by takyon on Wednesday August 29 2018, @03:11AM (6 children)
You might be asking yourself, why would anyone pay for these files when they can download them for free? Well, it's just another way of donating to Cody Wilson/Defense Distributed. It could also entice another prosecutor or Attorney General to go after him for distributing under this new angle. Cody Wilson wants a legal confrontation that results in the Supreme Court affirming our right to distribute these kinds of files/instructions.
Apparently this is pay what you want with a suggestion of $10, but some are paying $0-1. And you get the files on a flash drive. Kinda like Cryptome [cryptome.org], but probably a much smaller flash drive.
He launched a fundraiser with a goal of $400k on Aug. 20, was up to ~$120k on Aug. 24, and $212k right now.
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(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Wednesday August 29 2018, @04:01AM (5 children)
Thus being able to enforce the requirement to not let "furriners" get hold of the files.
The ones that are already downloadable from the internet.
Keeping within the law AND rasing money.
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 1) by anubi on Wednesday August 29 2018, @04:39AM (4 children)
By getting paid, one must surrender payment credentials.
Now, someone knows just WHO is interested in the files.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 3, Interesting) by takyon on Wednesday August 29 2018, @04:46AM (3 children)
I'm on the checkout page and there's an option to pay using Bitcoin. Not perfect, but potentially better.
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(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday August 29 2018, @11:32AM (2 children)
Wear a Balaklava when you pay cash for BitCoin from a local BitCoin Cambio.
There are several Mobile Apps for that.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 29 2018, @01:03PM
I read that initially as 'Wear Baklava when you pay cash...'
I think I need new glasses...though there might be some fun involved in the crafting of a Baklava Balaclava..
(Score: 3, Funny) by Freeman on Wednesday August 29 2018, @04:19PM
I'm quite sure you meant "Balaclava": "A knitted cap covering the head and neck with an opening for the eyes or face, used as cold-weather gear especially by soldiers, mountain climbers, and skiers." https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Balaclava [thefreedictionary.com]
Not "Balaklava": "A section of the city of Sevastopol in Crimea ..." https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Balaklava [thefreedictionary.com]
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