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BONUS EPISODE 26: The Decentralised Network Keeping 3D Printed Guns Alive (Patreon)

Published:
2019-04-14 12:19:32
Edited:
2019-04-14 12:21:35
Imported:
2022-02

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This one gets pretty deep in the weeds of the politics and culture of 3D printed guns. I know some of you don't like that so just warning you ahead of listening...

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kctoo

"I'm pro self defense" was a good bit, Jake! Always enjoyed your non confrontational approach to interviews. Also, I'm pretty sure they could pick this guy up in a minute if they decided to. He says legally going after a person is harder than going after a corp?? The least is that they could burry him under legal fees the moment someone gets killed with a printed ghost gun

Charles P
>>21762064

For what? Making information available on how to do something that’s legal to do anyway? Any number of attorneys would come pouring out of the woodwork to defend this guy, not on the basis of the Second Amendement, but the First. That’s what makes this whole thing so facinating. All that’s being done is providing information. He isn’t giving away guns, he’s giving away data files. In my opinion, this scenario is a rare chance to cut through all the political bullshit and intellectual dishonesty to see how much Americans really value freedom of speech. Speaking as an American, we’re quite hypocritical because we love to talk about freedom so much until someone excercises freedom in a way we don’t like. We soon forget that it all cuts both ways.

kctoo
>>21762064

I don't think CAD files and code will prove to be good examples of speech. Your argument reminds me of people who say developers of destructive blockchain technologies are protected under the first amendment because they wrote code and code is speech. This might sound right but tbh I think it's very much an open question in American courts. But yeah, as you said, issues like this will soon put the American ideology to the test

Charles P
>>21762064

I believe it’s going to put quite a bit to the test. Part of the discussion will revolve around the electronic distribution aspect. We all know that there’s basically nothing than can stop online piracy and theft of IP. At best you can discourage it by making it easier to just legitimately purchase something and at worst you can implement draconian DRM. Even then, the distribution of information online really can’t be stopped. Now, what if that information isn’t just IP, but the ability to 3D print firearms? It’s not hard to imagine a scenario where people who otherwise would be ambivalent towards piracy and file sharing all of a sudden have a double standard for ideological reasons against freely distributing and sharing CAD files for firearms.