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New York introduces legislation to regulate 3-D printed arms |
June 14, 2013
New legislation in New York city aims to regulate the use of 3-D printers to make firearms, as the U.S. tries to cope with the possible proliferation online of drawings for making such arms.An organization Defense Distributed fired in early May a handgun made with 3-D printing technology, and said it would distribute its drawings online. But it later brought down the files on orders of the U.S. State Department.The Texas-based organization now runs a notice on its website that the files have been removed "from public access at the request of the US Department of Defense Trade Controls." (It added that the U.S. government claims control of the information until further notice.The Mega file-storage service, set up by Kim Dotcom, the controversial founder of Megaupload, also removed design plans for the one-bullet plastic gun, citing the legal uncertainty about the distribution of its CAD (computer-aided design) files.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2042009/new-york-introduces-legislation-to-regulate-3d-printed-arms.html#tk.rss_all
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