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Bondi v. VanDerStok
Repeat Supreme Court losers Defense Distributed and Ghost Gunner are proud to present the death of the 80% and kit gun markets, compliments of the Trump administration and AG Bondi, whose name should be on this opinion. The frame and receiver case is at long last decided, and since some of the plaintiffs (RIP Polymer80) […]
Publication Date
03.26.25
01.23.25
Benchy, IP, and 3D Guns
After remixes of the famous 3DBenchy model started being pulled from Printables, LEGIO members wrote in asking if this kind of IP war is possible in 3D guns. The answer is no, thankfully. The 3DBenchy model, “a popular benchmark for desktop FDM 3D printers,” has always been offered under a Creative Commons BY-ND 4.0 license, which forbids the […]
11.20.24
The Fuddness unto Death
There are many ways to characterize the internal division of 3D2A. Yesterday I spoke of ontologization and how “the community” chose to cope with federal and state controls. As they began to accumulate indictable felonies, The Gatalog’s means simply became its ends: Disavowal of the law, of property, of Anarchy and even Open Source software. […]
11.19.24
CAD and CAM at the Third Circuit
Yesterday New Jersey filed a transcript of the oral argument held before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals on November 4th. Attorney Chad Flores argued for Defense Distributed. The argument was a surprising one, since no one that morning expected to argue the actual merits of the case, which involved the speech value of 3D […]
10.22.24
Obnoxii Civitati
Yesterday Freeman1337 was denied bail and remanded in a New York federal court. The case is United States v. Celentano, 1:24-mj-01204-JJM-1 (W.D. NY). The most recent minute entry says that Freeman, who managed The Gatalog’s entire tech stack, will have his devices forensically examined by the United States “on a rolling basis.” We learn in […]