Posted on 05/10/2013 9:37:36 AM PDT by BerserkPatriot
A few days after the blueprints for the worlds first printable gun were published online, Defense Distributed has been asked by the State Department to pull them down, citing possible arms trafficking violations. The blueprints, however, are still available on The Pirate Bay and many other file-sharing sites, which adds a 3D chapter to the IP enforcement debate.The Pirate Bay says it welcomes the blueprints and has no intention of taking the files down.
Enter DEFCAD, a site dedicated to hosting designs that have been banned at Thingiverse. Namely, the entirely printable 3D gun design which clocked up more than 100,000 downloads within its first two days of release.
This did not sit well with the Department of State Office of Defense Trade Controls who kindly requested that DEFCAD remove the availability of the 3D printable gun documents, enthusiastically named The Liberator, citing a possible violation of International Traffic in Arms Regulations.
In the letter from the State Department, which can be read in full at Forbes, the Government explains that it wants to review whether the designs are in compliance with arms export control laws. ... While DEFCON promptly complied with the request to remove access to the design, it was shared so widely during the short window of availability that it is now virtually impossible to prevent any further distribution. Currently, there appears to be several torrents available for the design at The Pirate Bay and the site informs us that these will not be censored.
TPB has for close to 10 years been operating without taking down one single torrent due to pressure from the outside. And it will never start doing that, A Pirate Bay insider told TorrentFreak.
(Excerpt) Read more at torrentfreak.com ...
This is like when the back door of a Brink’s truck opens up and money goes flying. Cops come on TV later that day: “We have secret video cameras and have you on tape. You better return any money you picked up, or else! Yea, you better do that, you better turn it all in!”.
Coming from State is should be “I-TARD”.
Ohhh.. thats pretty bad . So much so Im going to use it.
The lower receiver is already out there. That’s the part that is defined as the “gun.” The rest of it is attachments and peripherals.
Pirate Bay
I wonder how long before the offer a printable ARRRRRRRR-15?
Or a Parrot rifle.
Here’s how things work know:
you cover up for Obama until he gets elected
you lie/ignore facts that challenge his eligibility
you have the IRS target conservative groups
you lie/cover up about Benghazi
and
you force 3D printed gun plans to be taken down.
None of which is ethical, even if borderline legal, but you do what it takes first, and only explain or “apologize” later if you get caught.
My brother-in-law is mentally handicapped and he is a great guy. I really don’t appreciate you comparing him to the federal government.
To all : Do the right thing. Surrender your downloaded file. Email it to DHS so they can destroy it. (/s)
I will email it in right after I make 20 copies of it.
The gubmint is composed of retards, and that is actually an insult to retarded people everywhere.
Transfer a known technology from an American acorss an international border? The same laws pertain to copies of any number of commercial software packages, which I'm sure have never been purchased over the counter at Office Depot, Radio Shack, etc. A crappy little .22, however? Call out the police! Call out the National Guard! Call out the SEALS!
I don't know. Where or how do you draw the line? This thing opens up a whole bunch of questions. What constitutes "weapon technology".
I don't know. Where or how do you draw the line? This thing opens up a whole bunch of questions. What constitutes "weapon technology".
How about a Hoy?
http://www.americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=7882.0;wap2
There are actually 16 drawing files for the various parts,not just 1
There is one .zip file with them all and a few others.
The gun is now in the wind with ton of torrent seeders.
I downloaded the sip file, so I think of it as one file, but you are correct. Thank you for the clarification.
Your last sentence makes my point. IMO, the only reason the State Department is involved is because this is a favorite lefty cause.
...but I hid another copy under the NYT in the parrot cage.
If you chew a pop tart to look like a gun, take a picture and text it into a gun free zone you are looking at 10 to 20 years minimum. Make sense?
The same way the Left got it’s knickers in a twist about the “Anarchist Cookbook”, back in the late 60’s, IIRC....
crickets....
As a poster on another thread mentioned:
“We were in Des Moines last weekend at the State Historical society. They had on display a primitive cannon where the barrel is made of wood and then it was wrapped the entire length in wire to give its strength.”
Looks like ATF, State Dept, IRS, etc need to raid the State Historical Society in Des Moines!
“I was going to post a program to print out a nuclear bomb. But I need to make one final test print and my glow-in-the-dark print cartridge is low. Anyone have a spare? Its the one in the heavy lead pouch. Maybe a U-235?”
I am laughing while I type and will laugh every time I think about your post! Thank you!
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