Pirate Bay Takes Over Distribution of Censored 3D Printable Gun

[dixiegrrrrl]

A few days after the blueprints for the world’s 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.

http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-takes-over-distribution-of-censored-3d-printable-gun-130510/

This story has a LOT of angles to it, and is well worth the read.
Also humorous, as in this part:
"the Government explains that it wants to review whether the designs are in compliance with arms export control laws."
Talk about a pot and kettle moment.

Issues around 3-D printing enter the picture here, too.
Fascinating.

[Eleanors38]

1. The main object of Cody Wilson's exercise is to highlight the ineffectiveness

of gun regulation. While I don't buy into his outlook completely, beyond this 3-D business is a much larger question: What will happen to the gun control debate 5, 10, 15 yrs from now when Capt. Kirk's phaser, Buck Roger's ray gun and Jane Fonda's silly blow drier become realities? Will it become as obsolete as the .38 by my bed and the AR-15 in someone's safe?

Gun controllers were criticized after Sandy Hook for not changing the terms of debate, even though 19 yrs had elapsed since the '93 AWB. Think how those terms will play out in another 10 years.