>> As soon as 3d printers will be able to replicate themselves, every regulation will be moot. > I don't get this. In theory, if it were illegal to print "Item

>> As soon as 3d printers will be able to replicate themselves, every regulation will be moot. > I don't get this. In theory, if it were illegal to print "Item #325" having 200 printers doesn't make it any less illegal to print "Item #325". It might be illegal. But the law would be unenforceable. >> Information always finds a way to propagate. > Doesn't this presuppose that no secret has ever been kept? Valid point. What I meant is information that is out in the open. The cad files by Defense Distributed where published intentionally. You need a North Korean style regime to significantly slow down the propagation of such material.