3D-printed gun lawsuit ends after 3+ years—in gun publisher’s favor

A still from Cody Wilson's latest video shows this example of 3D-printed handguns (these are mock-ups pictured, not actual handguns). (credit: Defense Distributed)

Defense Distributed, the 3D-printing gun activist group, has secured a settlement with the Department of State that will enable it to legally distribute its CAD files of firearms on its DEFCAD website, putting an end to a years-long lawsuit.

The group says it will resume publication on August 1, 2018, more than four years after its files were first removed.

"It's just now black letter law that you can traffick in this information," Cody Wilson, the group's founder, told Ars, noting that substantially not much will change given that the files have been available on torrent sites for years.

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