After court order, 3D-printed gun pioneer now sells pay-what-you-want CAD files
Enlarge / Cody Wilson (right), the founder of Defense Distributed, spoke to reporters on Tuesday. (credit: Nathan Mattise)
AUSTIN, Texas-During what he called his first ever press conference, Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson announced Tuesday that he would continue to comply with a federal court order forbidding him from internationally publishing CAD files of firearms. Wilson said he would also begin selling copies of his 3D-printed gun files for a "suggested price" of $10 each.
The files, crucially, will be transmitted to customers "on a DD-branded flash drive" in the United States. Wilson also mentioned looking into customer email and secure download links.
Previously, Defense Distributed had given the files away for free, globally.
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