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'''Cody Rutledge Wilson''' (born January 31, 1988) is an American [[Right to keep and bear arms in the United States|gun rights]] activist |
'''Cody Rutledge Wilson''' (born January 31, 1988) is an American [[Right to keep and bear arms in the United States|gun rights]] activist and [[Crypto-anarchism|crypto-anarchist]].<ref name="verge3">{{cite web |last=Kopfstein |first=Janus |date=April 12, 2013 |title=What happens when 3D printing and crypto-anarchy collide? |url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/4/12/4209364/guns-want-to-be-free-what-happens-when-3d-printing-and-crypto-anarchy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708034612/https://www.theverge.com/2013/4/12/4209364/guns-want-to-be-free-what-happens-when-3d-printing-and-crypto-anarchy |archive-date=July 8, 2017 |access-date=May 8, 2013 |publisher=[[The Verge]]}}</ref><ref name="Mboard13">{{cite web |last=Pangburn |first=DJ |date=September 13, 2013 |title=Whistleblowers and the Crypto-Anarchist Underground: An Interview with Andy Greenberg |url=http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/whisteblowers-and-the-crypto-anarchist-underground-an-interview-with-andy-greenberg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006011041/http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/whisteblowers-and-the-crypto-anarchist-underground-an-interview-with-andy-greenberg |archive-date=October 6, 2016 |access-date=October 30, 2013 |publisher=Motherboard.tv}}</ref> He started [[Defense Distributed]], a [[nonprofit organization|non-profit]] organization which develops and publishes [[Open-source model|open source]] gun designs, so-called "[[wiki]] weapons" created by [[3D printing]] and digital manufacture.<ref name=Reason1>{{cite news|last=Doherty|first=Brian|title=What 3-D Printing Means for Gun Rights|url=http://reason.com/archives/2012/12/12/what-3-d-printing-means-for-gun-rights|newspaper=[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]]|date=December 12, 2012|access-date=December 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215120232/http://reason.com/archives/2012/12/12/what-3-d-printing-means-for-gun-rights|archive-date=December 15, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cnet.com/science/you-dont-bring-a-3d-printer-to-a-gun-fight-yet/ | title=You don't bring a 3D printer to a gun fight -- yet }}</ref> Defense Distributed gained international notoriety in 2013 when it published plans online for the [[Liberator (gun)|Liberator]], the first widely available functioning [[3D printed firearms|3D-printed pistol]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Morelle | first=Rebecca | author-link=Rebecca Morelle | title=Working gun made with 3D printer | website=BBC News | date=2013-05-06 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-22421185 | access-date=2020-12-07}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
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[[File:Cody Wilson.jpg|thumb|Wilson in 2012]] |
[[File:Cody Wilson.jpg|thumb|Wilson in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], 2012]] |
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In 2012, Wilson and associates at Defense Distributed |
In 2012, Wilson and associates at Defense Distributed began the Wiki Weapon Project to raise funds for designing and releasing the files for a 3D printable gun.<ref name="Forbes1">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/08/23/wiki-weapon-project-aims-to-create-a-gun-anyone-can-3d-print-at-home|first=Andy|last=Greenberg|title='Wiki Weapon Project' Aims To Create A Gun Anyone Can 3D-Print At Home|work=[[Forbes]]|date=August 23, 2012|access-date=January 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121190647/http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/08/23/wiki-weapon-project-aims-to-create-a-gun-anyone-can-3d-print-at-home/|archive-date=January 21, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> At the time Wilson was the project's only spokesperson; he called himself "co-founder" and "director."<ref name="guardian2">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/nov/25/3d-wiki-weapons-guns|first=Alexander|last=Hotz|title=3D 'Wiki Weapon' guns could go into testing by end of year, maker claims|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=November 25, 2012|access-date=January 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030175342/http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/nov/25/3d-wiki-weapons-guns|archive-date=October 30, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Learning of Defense Distributed's plans, manufacturer [[Stratasys]] threatened legal action and demanded the return of a 3D printer it had leased to Wilson. On September 26, 2012, before the printer was assembled for use, Wilson received an email from Stratasys suggesting he was using the printer "for illegal purposes". Stratasys immediately canceled its lease with Wilson and sent a team to confiscate the printer.<ref name="wired">{{cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/10/3d-gun-blocked|title=3-D Printer Company Seizes Machine From Desktop Gunsmith|first=Robert|last=Beckhusen|publisher=[[Wired News]]|date=October 1, 2012|access-date=October 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003231727/http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/10/3d-gun-blocked/|archive-date=October 3, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=NBC1>{{cite news|last=Coldewey|first=Devin|title=3-D printed gun project derailed by legal woes|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/futureoftech/3-d-printed-gun-project-derailed-legal-woes-6213570|access-date=December 15, 2012|newspaper=NBC News|date=October 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002012305/http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/futureoftech/3-d-printed-gun-project-derailed-legal-woes-6213570|archive-date=October 2, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> |
Learning of Defense Distributed's plans, manufacturer [[Stratasys]] threatened legal action and demanded the return of a 3D printer it had leased to Wilson. On September 26, 2012, before the printer was assembled for use, Wilson received an email from Stratasys suggesting he was using the printer "for illegal purposes". Stratasys immediately canceled its lease with Wilson and sent a team to confiscate the printer.<ref name="wired">{{cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/10/3d-gun-blocked|title=3-D Printer Company Seizes Machine From Desktop Gunsmith|first=Robert|last=Beckhusen|publisher=[[Wired News]]|date=October 1, 2012|access-date=October 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003231727/http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/10/3d-gun-blocked/|archive-date=October 3, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=NBC1>{{cite news|last=Coldewey|first=Devin|title=3-D printed gun project derailed by legal woes|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/futureoftech/3-d-printed-gun-project-derailed-legal-woes-6213570|access-date=December 15, 2012|newspaper=NBC News|date=October 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002012305/http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/futureoftech/3-d-printed-gun-project-derailed-legal-woes-6213570|archive-date=October 2, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | While visiting the office of the [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms|ATF]] in [[Austin, Texas]] to inquire about the legalities of his project, Wilson was interrogated by the officers there.<ref name="wired"/> Six months later, he was given a [[Federal Firearms License]] (FFL) to manufacture and deal weapons.<ref>{{cite web|last=Farivar|first=Cyrus|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/03/3d-printed-gunmaker-now-has-federal-firearms-license-to-manufacture-deal-guns|title=3D-printed gun maker now has federal firearms license to manufacture, deal guns|publisher=[[Ars Technica]]|date=March 17, 2013|access-date=May 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503123915/http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/03/3d-printed-gunmaker-now-has-federal-firearms-license-to-manufacture-deal-guns/|archive-date=May 3, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In May 2013, Wilson successfully test-fired a pistol called "the [[Liberator (gun)|Liberator]]" that reportedly was made using a Stratasys Dimension series 3D printer purchased on [[eBay]].<ref name="Guardian-May2013"/> After test firing, Wilson released the blueprints of the gun's design online through a Defense Distributed website.<ref>{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Steven Rex|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/plastic-gun-maker-rebukes-nanny-state-article-1.1342166|title=Man who used 3-D printer to create gun hopes efforts can 'destroy the spirit of gun control itself'|newspaper=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|date=May 13, 2013|access-date=May 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513185509/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/plastic-gun-maker-rebukes-nanny-state-article-1.1342166|archive-date=May 13, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> The State Department Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance demanded that Wilson remove the files, threatening prosecution for violations of the [[International Traffic in Arms Regulations]] (ITAR).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/05/09/state-department-demands-takedown-of-3d-printable-gun-for-possible-export-control-violation/|title=State Department Demands Takedown Of 3D-Printable Gun Files For Possible Export Control Violations|author=Andy Greenberg|date=May 9, 2013|work=Forbes|access-date=August 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513183149/http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/05/09/state-department-demands-takedown-of-3d-printable-gun-for-possible-export-control-violation/|archive-date=May 13, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In October 2014, Defense Distributed began selling to the public a miniature [[numerical control|CNC]] mill named Ghost Gunner |
In May 2013, Wilson successfully test-fired a pistol called "the [[Liberator (gun)|Liberator]]" which reportedly was made using a Stratasys Dimension series 3D printer purchased on [[eBay]].<ref name="Guardian-May2013"/> After test firing, he released the blueprints of the gun's design online through a Defense Distributed website.<ref>{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Steven Rex|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/plastic-gun-maker-rebukes-nanny-state-article-1.1342166|title=Man who used 3-D printer to create gun hopes efforts can 'destroy the spirit of gun control itself'|newspaper=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|date=May 13, 2013|access-date=May 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513185509/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/plastic-gun-maker-rebukes-nanny-state-article-1.1342166|archive-date=May 13, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> The State Department Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance demanded that he remove the files, threatening prosecution for violations of the [[International Traffic in Arms Regulations]] (ITAR).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/05/09/state-department-demands-takedown-of-3d-printable-gun-for-possible-export-control-violation/|title=State Department Demands Takedown Of 3D-Printable Gun Files For Possible Export Control Violations|author=Andy Greenberg|date=May 9, 2013|work=Forbes|access-date=August 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513183149/http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/05/09/state-department-demands-takedown-of-3d-printable-gun-for-possible-export-control-violation/|archive-date=May 13, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2014, Defense Distributed began selling to the public a miniature [[numerical control|CNC]] (computer numerical control) mill named [[Ghost Gunner]] to finish "80 percent" receivers, like those used to build the [[AR-15 style rifle|AR-15]] semi-automatic rifle.<ref>{{cite web|last=Greenberg|first=Andy|url=https://www.wired.com/2014/10/cody-wilson-ghost-gunner/|title=The $1,200 Machine That Lets Anyone Make a Metal Gun at Home|publisher=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|date=October 1, 2015|access-date=September 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150827004346/http://www.wired.com/2014/10/cody-wilson-ghost-gunner|archive-date=August 27, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Greenberg|first=Andy|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/06/i-made-an-untraceable-ar-15-ghost-gun/|title=I Made an Untraceable AR-15 'Ghost Gun' in My Office – And It Was Easy|publisher=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|date=June 3, 2015|access-date=March 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020040839/https://www.wired.com/2015/06/i-made-an-untraceable-ar-15-ghost-gun/|archive-date=October 20, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In November 2014 Wilson was named to the ''[[Forbes 30 Under 30]]'' list,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morales |first=Miguel |title=30 Under 30: The Top Young Lawyers, Policymakers And Power Players |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/miguelmorales/2014/01/06/30-under-30-the-top-young-lawyers-policymakers-and-power-players/ |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> a pick the publication regretted nine years later putting Wilson in its Hall of Shame.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Team |first=Forbes Under 30 |title=Hall Of Shame: The 10 Most Dubious People Ever To Make Our 30 Under 30 List |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesunder30team/2023/11/28/hall-of-shame-the-10-most-dubious-people-ever-to-make-our-30-under-30-list/ |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Porter |first=Jon |date=2023-11-29 |title=Forbes publishes 30 Under 30 “Hall of Shame.” |url=https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/29/23980764/forbes-publishes-30-under-30-hall-of-shame |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=The Verge |language=en}}</ref> On May 6, 2015, Defense Distributed and the [[Second Amendment Foundation]] filed [[Defense Distributed v. United States Department of State|''Defense Distributed v. U.S. Dept. of State'']], a lawsuit (a constitutional challenge of the ITAR regime used to control speech.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/05/3-d-printed-gun-lawsuit-starts-war-arms-control-free-speech/|title=3-D Printed Gun Lawsuit Starts the War Between Arms Control and Free Speech|date=May 6, 2015|magazine=WIRED|access-date=March 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150828114958/http://www.wired.com/2015/05/3-d-printed-gun-lawsuit-starts-war-arms-control-free-speech|archive-date=August 28, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> On July 10, 2018, the State Department offered to settle the lawsuit and Wilson continued to work at [[DEFCAD]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Greenberg |first1=Andy |title=A Landmark Legal Shift Opens Pandora's Box for DIY Guns |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |date=July 10, 2018 |url=https://www.wired.com/story/a-landmark-legal-shift-opens-pandoras-box-for-diy-guns/ |issn=1059-1028 |access-date=July 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710175551/https://www.wired.com/story/a-landmark-legal-shift-opens-pandoras-box-for-diy-guns/ |archive-date=July 10, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Wilson briefly resigned from the company in 2018 after being indicted for sexual assault.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2019-09-12 |title=Judge accepts Cody Wilson plea deal despite "sufficient evidence" of guilt |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/09/victims-mother-excoriates-cody-wilson-at-sentencing-for-sexual-abuse/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us}}</ref> In September 2019, after accepting a plead deal and probation, he rejoined the company.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/cody-wilson-resigns-from-defense-distributed-which-is-now-under-new-leadership/|title=Defense Distributed's new era – Cody Wilson resigns, former arts professional steps in|publisher=[[Ars Technica]]|date=September 25, 2018|access-date=September 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925170512/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/cody-wilson-resigns-from-defense-distributed-which-is-now-under-new-leadership/|archive-date=September 25, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thetrace.org/2019/11/despite-his-criminal-record-cody-wilson-is-back-in-the-3d-printed-gun-business/|title=Despite His Criminal Record, Cody Wilson Is Back in the 3D-Printed Gun Business |last=Stephens |first=Alain |date=November 20, 2019 |website=The Trace |access-date=March 3, 2020}}</ref> |
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On May 6, 2015, Defense Distributed and the [[Second Amendment Foundation]] filed [[Defense Distributed v. United States Department of State|''Defense Distributed v. U.S. Dept. of State'']], a constitutional challenge of the ITAR regime used to control their speech.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/05/3-d-printed-gun-lawsuit-starts-war-arms-control-free-speech/|title=3-D Printed Gun Lawsuit Starts the War Between Arms Control and Free Speech|date=May 6, 2015|magazine=WIRED|access-date=March 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150828114958/http://www.wired.com/2015/05/3-d-printed-gun-lawsuit-starts-war-arms-control-free-speech|archive-date=August 28, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> On July 10, 2018, the State Department offered to settle this lawsuit and Wilson resumed work at [[DEFCAD]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Greenberg |first1=Andy |title=A Landmark Legal Shift Opens Pandora's Box for DIY Guns |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |date=July 10, 2018 |url=https://www.wired.com/story/a-landmark-legal-shift-opens-pandoras-box-for-diy-guns/ |issn=1059-1028 |access-date=July 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710175551/https://www.wired.com/story/a-landmark-legal-shift-opens-pandoras-box-for-diy-guns/ |archive-date=July 10, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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After his arrest on charges of sexual assault against a minor in September 2018, Wilson resigned from [[Defense Distributed]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2019-09-12 |title=Judge accepts Cody Wilson plea deal despite "sufficient evidence" of guilt |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/09/victims-mother-excoriates-cody-wilson-at-sentencing-for-sexual-abuse/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us}}</ref> After his plea deal in September 2019, he rejoined Defense Distributed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-23 |title=Controversial Gun Rights Activist Returns To Ghost Gun Project After Sex-Crime Plea Deal |url=https://freebeacon.com/issues/controversial-gun-rights-activist-returns-to-ghost-gun-project-after-sex-crime-plea-deal/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Washington Free Beacon |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/cody-wilson-resigns-from-defense-distributed-which-is-now-under-new-leadership/|title=Defense Distributed's new era – Cody Wilson resigns, former arts professional steps in|publisher=[[Ars Technica]]|date=September 25, 2018|access-date=September 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925170512/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/cody-wilson-resigns-from-defense-distributed-which-is-now-under-new-leadership/|archive-date=September 25, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thetrace.org/2019/11/despite-his-criminal-record-cody-wilson-is-back-in-the-3d-printed-gun-business/|title=Despite His Criminal Record, Cody Wilson Is Back in the 3D-Printed Gun Business |last=Stephens |first=Alain |date=November 20, 2019 |website=The Trace |access-date=March 3, 2020}}</ref> |
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===Dark Wallet=== |
===Dark Wallet=== |
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In 2013, Wilson, along with [[Amir Taaki]], began work on a [[Bitcoin]] [[cryptocurrency wallet]] called Dark Wallet, a project |
In 2013, Wilson, along with [[Amir Taaki]], began work on a [[Bitcoin]] [[cryptocurrency wallet]] called Dark Wallet, a project planned to [[Anonymity|anonymize]] financial transactions.<ref name="Forbesbtc1">{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/10/31/darkwallet-aims-to-be-the-anarchists-bitcoin-app-of-choice/|last=Greenberg|first=Andy|title=Dark Wallet Aims To Be The Anarchist's Bitcoin App Of Choice|work=[[Forbes]]|date=October 31, 2013|access-date=December 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101133812/http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/10/31/darkwallet-aims-to-be-the-anarchists-bitcoin-app-of-choice/|archive-date=January 1, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NYTbtc">{{cite news|last=Feuer|first=Alan|title=The Bitcoin Ideology|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/sunday-review/the-bitcoin-ideology.html?_r=0|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 14, 2013|access-date=December 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215120535/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/sunday-review/the-bitcoin-ideology.html?_r=0|archive-date=December 15, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="New Yorker: Dark Wallet"/> He appeared at the [[South by Southwest|SXSW festival]] in Austin in 2014 to discuss Dark Wallet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5fhBBipU3w|title=Cody Wilson: Happiness is a 3-D Printed Gun|publisher=[[Reason (magazine)#Reason TV|ReasonTV]] |via= [[Youtube.com]]|date=April 18, 2014|access-date=April 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509150726/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5fhBBipU3w|archive-date=May 9, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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===Bitcoin Foundation=== |
===Bitcoin Foundation=== |
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On [[United States elections, 2014|U.S. election day]], November 4, 2014, Wilson announced |
On [[United States elections, 2014|U.S. election day]], November 4, 2014, Wilson announced that he would stand for election to a seat on the board of directors of the [[Bitcoin Foundation]], with "the sole purpose of destroying the Foundation." He said, "I will run on a platform of the complete dissolution of the Bitcoin Foundation and will begin and end every single one of my public statements with that message."<ref name="Upstart">{{cite web|url=http://upstart.bizjournals.com/entrepreneurs/hot-shots/2014/11/04/cody-wilson-to-run-for-bitcoin-foundation-board.html?page=all|last=del Castillo|first=Michael|title=Exclusive: Cody Wilson to run for Bitcoin Foundation board, plans its destruction|publisher=[[American City Business Journals]]|date=November 4, 2014|access-date=November 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112101605/http://upstart.bizjournals.com/entrepreneurs/hot-shots/2014/11/04/cody-wilson-to-run-for-bitcoin-foundation-board.html?page=all|archive-date=November 12, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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===Hatreon=== |
===Hatreon=== |
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In 2017, Wilson launched Hatreon, an "alt-right version of Patreon" |
In 2017, Wilson launched Hatreon.us, an "alt-right version of [[Patreon]]" providing [[crowdfunding]] and payment services for groups and individuals banned from platforms including [[Kickstarter]], Patreon, [[PayPal]], and [[Stripe (company)|Stripe]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hicks |first=William |date=2017-08-04 |title=Meet Hatreon, the new favorite website of the Alt-Right |url=https://www.newsweek.com/hatreon-alt-right-richard-spencer-andrew-anglin-white-nationalism-white-644546 |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref> The site attracted notable [[alt-right]] and [[neo-Nazi]] figures such as [[Andrew Anglin]] and [[Richard B. Spencer]]. Wilson said that Hatreon clients included "right-wing women, people of color, and transgender people"; [[Bloomberg News]] reported that most donations went to white supremacists.<ref name="Popescu" /> According to Hannah Shearer, staff attorney at the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Hatreon users incited violence contrary to Hatreon's terms of service, which forbid illegal activity.<ref name="Popescu"/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Hicks|first1=William|title=Meet Hatreon, The New Favorite Website of the Alt-Right|url=http://www.newsweek.com/hatreon-alt-right-richard-spencer-andrew-anglin-white-nationalism-white-644546|website=Newsweek|date=August 4, 2017 |access-date=October 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014070212/http://www.newsweek.com/hatreon-alt-right-richard-spencer-andrew-anglin-white-nationalism-white-644546|archive-date=October 14, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Hatreon.us claimed to have received about $25,000 a month in donations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=White supremacists' favorite fundraising site may be imploding |url=https://archive.thinkprogress.org/white-supremacist-fundraiser-dead-bdee08eeb5a6/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |language=en-US}}</ref> The site took a five percent cut of donations.<ref name="Popescu">{{cite news |last1=Popescu |first1=Adam |title=This Crowdfunding Site Runs on Hate |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-04/this-crowdfunding-site-runs-on-hate |access-date=December 18, 2017 |agency=Bloomberg |date=December 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219062655/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-04/this-crowdfunding-site-runs-on-hate |archive-date=December 19, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Several months after Hatreon's launch, [[Visa Inc.|Visa]], the site's payments processor, suspended its financial services. With no means of processing payments, the site became inactive.<ref name = SPLC>{{cite web |url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/cody-rutledge-wilson |title=Cody Rutledge Wilson |publisher=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]] |quote=Hatreon processing was suspended by Visa in November. |access-date=February 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303170224/https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/cody-rutledge-wilson |archive-date=March 3, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://thinkprogress.org/white-supremacist-fundraiser-dead-bdee08eeb5a6/ |website=[[ThinkProgress]] |title=White supremacists' favorite fundraising site may be imploding |date=March 13, 2018 |first=Casey |last=Michel |access-date=February 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303171318/https://thinkprogress.org/white-supremacist-fundraiser-dead-bdee08eeb5a6/ |archive-date=March 3, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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==Political and economic views== |
==Political and economic views== |
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Wilson claims an array of influences from [[anti-statism|anti-state]] and [[Libertarianism in the United States|libertarian]] political thinkers |
Wilson claims an array of influences from [[anti-statism|anti-state]] and [[Libertarianism in the United States|libertarian]] political thinkers<ref name="PCmag">{{cite web|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2418761,00.asp|last=Steele|first=Chandra|title=Dismantle the State: Q&A With 3D Gun Printer Cody Wilson|work=[[PC Magazine]]|date=May 9, 2013|access-date=May 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510234454/http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2418761,00.asp|archive-date=May 10, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> including [[Mutualism (economic theory)|mutualist]] theorist [[Pierre-Joseph Proudhon]],<ref name="Guardian-May2013">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2013/may/06/3d-printable-guns-cody-wilson|last=Rayner|first=Alex|title=3D-printable guns are just the start, says Cody Wilson|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=May 6, 2013|access-date=May 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731104313/http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2013/may/06/3d-printable-guns-cody-wilson|archive-date=July 31, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/03/13/sxsw-printed-guns-wiki-weapons-cody-wilson_n_2868465.html|last=Ostroff|first=Joshua|title='Wiki Weapons' Maker Cody Wilson Says 3D Printed Guns 'Are Going To Be Possible Forever'|work=[[Huffington Post]]|date=March 12, 2013|access-date=May 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520041657/http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/03/13/sxsw-printed-guns-wiki-weapons-cody-wilson_n_2868465.html|archive-date=May 20, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> [[paleolibertarianism|paleolibertarian]] [[anarcho-capitalism|anarcho-capitalists]] like [[Austrian School]] economist [[Hans-Hermann Hoppe]], and [[classical liberalism|classical liberals]] such as [[Frederic Bastiat]].<ref name="blink">{{cite web|url=http://blink.li/3271/interview/all-markets-become-black|first=Daniel|last=Fallenstein|title=All markets become black|work=Blink|date=December 27, 2012|access-date=January 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115173935/http://blink.li/3271/interview/all-markets-become-black|archive-date=January 15, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="PCmag"/> His political thought has been compared to the "[[Conservative Revolution|conservative revolutionary]]" ideas of [[Ernst Jünger]]. Jacob Siegel wrote that "Cody Wilson arrives at a place where left, right—and democracy—disappear" and that he oscillates "somewhere between [[Anarch (sovereign individual)|anarch]] and anarchist".<ref name="Baffler1">{{cite web|url=https://thebaffler.com/salvos/anarchists-guns-and-money-siegel|last=Siegel|first=Jacob|title=Send Anarchists, Guns, and Money|work=[[The Baffler]]|date=May 1, 2018|access-date=July 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730184011/https://thebaffler.com/salvos/anarchists-guns-and-money-siegel|archive-date=July 30, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Wilson is an avowed [[crypto-anarchism|crypto-anarchist]], and has discussed his work in relation to the cypherpunks and [[Timothy C. May|Timothy May's]] vision.<ref name="verge">{{cite web |last=Kopfstein |first=Janus |date=April 12, 2013 |title=What happens when 3D printing and crypto-anarchy collide? |url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/4/12/4209364/guns-want-to-be-free-what-happens-when-3d-printing-and-crypto-anarchy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708034612/https://www.theverge.com/2013/4/12/4209364/guns-want-to-be-free-what-happens-when-3d-printing-and-crypto-anarchy |archive-date=July 8, 2017 |access-date=May 8, 2013 |work=[[The Verge]]}}</ref> He did not vote in the [[2016 United States presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=A Crypto-Anarchist Will Help You Build a DIY AR-15 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-cody-wilson-ghost-gunner-ar-15/ |access-date=2022-04-02 |newspaper=Bloomberg}}</ref> He frequently cites the work of [[post-Marxism|post-Marxist]] thinkers in public comments, especially that of [[Jean Baudrillard]], whom he has claimed as his "master".<ref name="WiredDES">{{cite magazine|title=Cody Wilson Wants to Destroy Your World|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/03/cody-wilson-wants-to-destroy-your-world/|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|date=March 11, 2015|access-date=July 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708020154/https://www.wired.com/2015/03/cody-wilson-wants-to-destroy-your-world/|archive-date=July 8, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SPLC" /><ref name="VICE001">{{Cite episode |title=Cody Wilson on 3D Printed Guns |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTYWGrfo-ao |access-date=July 7, 2018 |series=Vice Meets |first=Eddy |last=Moretti |network=Vice |date=April 9, 2013 |season=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721051017/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTYWGrfo-ao |archive-date=July 21, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
Wilson is an avowed [[crypto-anarchism|crypto-anarchist]], and has discussed his work in relation to the cypherpunks and [[Timothy C. May|Timothy May's]] vision.<ref name="verge">{{cite web |last=Kopfstein |first=Janus |date=April 12, 2013 |title=What happens when 3D printing and crypto-anarchy collide? |url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/4/12/4209364/guns-want-to-be-free-what-happens-when-3d-printing-and-crypto-anarchy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708034612/https://www.theverge.com/2013/4/12/4209364/guns-want-to-be-free-what-happens-when-3d-printing-and-crypto-anarchy |archive-date=July 8, 2017 |access-date=May 8, 2013 |work=[[The Verge]]}}</ref> He did not vote in the [[2016 United States presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=A Crypto-Anarchist Will Help You Build a DIY AR-15 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-cody-wilson-ghost-gunner-ar-15/ |access-date=2022-04-02 |newspaper=Bloomberg}}</ref> He frequently cites the work of [[post-Marxism|post-Marxist]] thinkers in public comments, especially that of [[Jean Baudrillard]], whom he has claimed as his "master".<ref name="WiredDES">{{cite magazine|title=Cody Wilson Wants to Destroy Your World|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/03/cody-wilson-wants-to-destroy-your-world/|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|date=March 11, 2015|access-date=July 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708020154/https://www.wired.com/2015/03/cody-wilson-wants-to-destroy-your-world/|archive-date=July 8, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SPLC" /><ref name="VICE001">{{Cite episode |title=Cody Wilson on 3D Printed Guns |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTYWGrfo-ao |access-date=July 7, 2018 |series=Vice Meets |first=Eddy |last=Moretti |network=Vice |date=April 9, 2013 |season=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721051017/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTYWGrfo-ao |archive-date=July 21, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Asked during an interview with ''[[Popular Science]]'' if the [[Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting]] affected his thinking or plans in any way, Wilson responded:<blockquote>... understanding that rights and civil liberties are something that we protect is also understanding that they have consequences that are also protected, or tolerated. The exercise of civil liberties is antithetical to the idea of a completely totalizing state. That's just the way it is.<ref name="popsci2" /></blockquote>[[File:CodyWilson-2014-NHLF14.png|thumb|Cody Wilson discussing 3D printed guns at Liberty Forum in [[Nashua, New Hampshire]] in February 2014]] |
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| ⚫ | Wilson is generally opposed to [[intellectual property]] rights.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Cody Wilson |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n3cstlkp |access-date=July 7, 2018 |series=BBC HARDtalk |first=Stephen |last=Sackur |network=BBC |date=March 11, 2014 |season=17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014142143/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n3cstlkp |archive-date=October 14, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> He indicated his primary goal is the subversion of state structures and he hopes that his contributions may help to dismantle the existing system of capitalist property relations.<ref name="BBC-March 2014">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIJThk-eTAM|title=Barack Obama Is A Grocery Clerk! A Fraud And A Salesman Used To Sell You Something On TV|newspaper=[[BBC]]|date=March 12, 2014|access-date=April 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318054629/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIJThk-eTAM|archive-date=March 18, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Asked during an interview with ''[[Popular Science]]'' if the [[Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting]] affected his thinking or plans in any way, Wilson responded:<blockquote>...understanding that rights and civil liberties are something that we protect is also understanding that they have consequences that are also protected, or tolerated. The exercise of civil liberties is antithetical to the idea of a completely totalizing state. That's just the way it is.<ref name="popsci2" /></blockquote>[[File:CodyWilson-2014-NHLF14.png|thumb|Cody Wilson discussing 3D printed guns at Liberty Forum 2014]] |
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| ⚫ | In a January 2013 interview with [[Glenn Beck]] about the nature of and motivations behind his effort to develop and share gun 3D printable files Wilson said:<blockquote>(It's) a real political act, giving you a magazine, telling you that it will never be taken away... That's real politics. That's radical equality. That's what I believe in... I'm just resisting. What am I resisting? I don't know, the collectivization of manufacture? The institutionalization of the human psyche? I'm not sure. But I can tell you one thing: this is a symbol of irreversibility. They can never eradicate the gun from the earth.<ref>{{cite web | author=Wilson | title=Wiki Weapons Founder: 'They can never eradicate the gun from the Earth' | website=Glenn Beck | date=January 18, 2013 |url=https://www.glennbeck.com/2013/01/17/wiki-weapons-founder-they-can-never-eradicate-the-gun-from-the-earth/ | access-date=February 17, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105053412/https://www.glennbeck.com/2013/01/17/wiki-weapons-founder-they-can-never-eradicate-the-gun-from-the-earth/ | archive-date=January 5, 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref></blockquote> |
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| ⚫ | Wilson is generally opposed to [[intellectual property]] rights.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Cody Wilson |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n3cstlkp |access-date=July 7, 2018 |series=BBC HARDtalk |first=Stephen |last=Sackur |network=BBC |date=March 11, 2014 |season=17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014142143/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n3cstlkp |archive-date=October 14, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> He |
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''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]''{{'}}s "Danger Room" named Wilson one of "The 15 Most Dangerous People in the World" in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=30 Influential Pro-Gun Rights Advocates|url=http://www.usacarry.com/30-influential-pro-gun-rights-advocates/|publisher=USACarry.com|date=May 20, 2013|access-date=November 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114035257/http://www.usacarry.com/30-influential-pro-gun-rights-advocates/|archive-date=November 14, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=wiredD>{{cite web|title=The 15 Most Dangerous People in the World|url=https://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/12/most-dangerous-people/?pid=1696|publisher=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|date=December 19, 2012|access-date=January 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115094302/http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/12/most-dangerous-people/?pid=1696|archive-date=January 15, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015 and 2017, ''[[Wired (website)|Wired]]'' said that he was one of the five most dangerous people on the Internet; in 2019 it named him one of the most dangerous people on the [[internet]] for the decade.<ref name=wiredDI>{{cite web|title=The Most Dangerous People on the Internet Right Now|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/01/dangerous-people-internet-right-now/|publisher=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|date=January 1, 2015|access-date=January 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109014457/http://www.wired.com/2015/01/dangerous-people-internet-right-now|archive-date=January 9, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=wiredDI2>{{cite web|title=The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2017|url=https://www.wired.com/story/most-dangerous-people-internet-2017/|publisher=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|date=December 28, 2017|access-date=July 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702211658/https://www.wired.com/story/most-dangerous-people-internet-2017/|archive-date=July 2, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Decade">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/story/most-dangerous-people-on-internet-this-decade/|title=The Most Dangerous People on the Internet This Decade |date=December 31, 2019 |magazine=Wired |access-date= March 3, 2020}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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| ⚫ | Originally from [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], Wilson was [[student government president|student body president]] at [[Cabot High School]] in [[Cabot, Arkansas]] and graduated in 2006. He received a bachelor's degree in [[English studies|English]] from the [[University of Central Arkansas]] (UCA) in 2010, where he had a [[scholarship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304753504579284593005519808|title=Cody Wilson Rattled Lawmakers With Plastic Gun, Now on to Bitcoin Transactions |author=Danny Yadron|date=January 1, 2014|work=WSJ|access-date=March 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506171844/http://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304753504579284593005519808|archive-date=May 6, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> While at UCA, Wilson was a member of [[Sigma Phi Epsilon]] [[fraternity]] and was the president of UCA's [[students' union|student government association]]. He traveled to [[China]] with UCA's study-abroad program.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cqrcengage.com/mnmajority/app/document/1369157;jsessionid=0qt57PTm6rKNKpYAakyb5XPV.undefined |title=Document: Cody Wilson: troll, genius, patriot, provocateur, anarchist, attention whore, gun nut or Second Amendment champion? |publisher=Cqrcengage.com |access-date=July 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714210219/http://cqrcengage.com/mnmajority/app/document/1369157;jsessionid=0qt57PTm6rKNKpYAakyb5XPV.undefined |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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Originally from [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], Wilson was [[student government president|student body president]] at [[Cabot High School]] in [[Cabot, Arkansas]] before graduating in 2006. |
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| ⚫ | In 2012, he studied at the [[University of Texas School of Law]] but left the university in May 2013 after two years.<ref name="New Yorker: Dark Wallet" /><ref name="popsci2">{{cite web|url=http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-12/qa-cody-wilson-wiki-weapons-project-3-d-printed-future-firearms|first=Clay|last=Dillow|title=Q+A: Cody Wilson Of The Wiki Weapon Project On The 3-D Printed Future of Firearms|publisher=[[Popular Science]]|date=December 21, 2012|access-date=January 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121121112/http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-12/qa-cody-wilson-wiki-weapons-project-3-d-printed-future-firearms|archive-date=January 21, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Greenberg |first=Andy |title=Waiting for Dark: Inside Two Anarchists' Quest for Untraceable Money |language=en-US |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/2014/07/inside-dark-wallet/ |access-date=2022-07-17 |issn=1059-1028}}</ref> |
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=== 2018 criminal case === |
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| ⚫ | On December 28, 2018, Wilson was indicted |
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| ⚫ | On December 28, 2018, Wilson was indicted by the State of Texas for sexual assault.<ref>{{cite web | title=Texas indicts Cody Wilson on multiple counts of sexual assault of a minor | website=Ars Technica | author=Nathan Mattise | date=January 3, 2019 |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/01/texas-indicts-cody-wilson-on-multiple-counts-of-sexual-assault-of-a-minor/ | access-date=July 6, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902151619/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/01/texas-indicts-cody-wilson-on-multiple-counts-of-sexual-assault-of-a-minor/ | archive-date=September 2, 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref> He was accused paying a 16-year-old girl $500 for sex in a hotel room in [[Austin, Texas]] in August 2018, a second-degree [[Felony#United States|felony]].<ref name="NYT 2018-09-19">{{cite web | title=3-D Printed Gun Promoter, Cody Wilson, Is Charged With Sexual Assault of Child | website=The New York Times | author=Hsu, Tiffany | date=September 19, 2018 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/19/business/cody-wilson-3d-guns-sexual-assault.html | access-date=December 3, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117073425/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/19/business/cody-wilson-3d-guns-sexual-assault.html | archive-date=January 17, 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Wilson's defense attorney, F. Andino Reynal, said Wilson believed the girl was a consenting adult. SugarDaddyMeet requires users to check a box stating they are at least 18 prior to registering for an account. However, under Texas law, the responsibility is placed on the adult to verify that the other party involved is legally of age.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.statesman.com/story/special/2019/08/09/3d-printer-gun-activist-cody-wilson-pleads-guilty-in-child-sex-case-avoids-prison/4496277007/ |title=Cody Wilson pleads guilty in child sex case |last=Autullo |first=Ryan |date=August 9, 2019 |website= |publisher=[[Austin American-Statesman]] |access-date=January 13, 2022 |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=What if the offender does not know the age of the child? |url=https://faq.sll.texas.gov/questions/41224 |website=Texas State Law Library}}</ref> |
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Wilson's defense attorney, [https://andinoreynal.com/ F. Andino Reynal], said Wilson believed the girl to be a consenting adult, and that the website where they met required users to declare they are at least 18 years of age before they can create an account.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.statesman.com/story/special/2019/08/09/3d-printer-gun-activist-cody-wilson-pleads-guilty-in-child-sex-case-avoids-prison/4496277007/ |title=Cody Wilson pleads guilty in child sex case |last=Autullo |first=Ryan |date=August 9, 2019 |website= |publisher=[[Austin American-Statesman]] |access-date=January 13, 2022 |quote=}}</ref> When the police issued a warrant for his arrest, Wilson was in [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]]. He was charged with an immigration violation by the Taiwanese [[National Immigration Agency]] (NIA) and deported back to the United States, where his passport was revoked by the U.S. government.<ref name="ArsTechnica20180921">{{cite news|last = Matisse|first = Nathan|date = September 21, 2018|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/taiwanese-authorities-arrest-cody-wilson-intend-to-deport-him/|title = Taiwanese authorities arrest Cody Wilson, intend to deport him|work = [[Ars Technica]]|access-date = January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921205025/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/taiwanese-authorities-arrest-cody-wilson-intend-to-deport-him/|archive-date = September 21, 2018|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Lee | first=Yimou | title=Texan running 3-D printed guns company sent back to U.S. by Taiwan authorities | website=Reuters | date=September 23, 2018 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-crime-guns-idUSKCN1M1236 | access-date=January 18, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131040044/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-crime-guns-idUSKCN1M1236 | archive-date=January 31, 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref> After he was returned to the U.S. by the [[United States Marshals Service]] on September 23, 2018, he was released on $150,000 bond from [[Harris County Jail]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/3D-printed-gun-advocate-Cody-Wilson-jailed-in-13251168.php|title=3-D printed gun advocate Cody Wilson bonds out of jail in Houston after arrest in Taiwan|date=September 23, 2018|work=Houston Chronicle|access-date=September 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924070726/https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/3D-printed-gun-advocate-Cody-Wilson-jailed-in-13251168.php|archive-date=September 24, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.fox26houston.com/news/3d-printed-gun-activist-cody-wilson-released-from-harris-county-jail|title=3D-printed gun activist Cody Wilson released from Harris County Jail|work=Fox 26 Houston|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924065020/http://www.fox26houston.com/news/3d-printed-gun-activist-cody-wilson-released-from-harris-county-jail|archive-date=September 24, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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During the announcement of Wilson's arrest warrant in September 2018, the Austin Police Department said that such a mistake would have been unlikely. APD Commander Troy Officer, referring to the victim, stated at a press conference, "My detectives have interviewed and spoken with this victim. In their opinion, if someone mistakes their age, it’d be because she’s younger, not older." This statement implied skepticism towards the possibility of mistaking the victim's age for that of an adult.<ref>{{cite news |title=Judge orders Cody Wilson’s arrest, but he skipped his return flight from Taiwan |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/judge-orders-cody-wilsons-arrest-demands-pictures-of-his-upper-legs/ |work=Ars Technica |date=September 19, 2018}}</ref> |
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On August 9, 2019, Wilson accepted a deferred adjudication in exchange for pleading guilty to one charge. He was sentenced to seven years of [[probation]], 475 hours of [[community service]], and fined $1,200.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=August 9, 2019 |title=Cody Wilson pleads guilty to lesser charge, will register as sex offender |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/08/cody-wilson-pleads-guilty-to-lesser-charges-will-register-as-a-sex-offender/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812090242/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/08/cody-wilson-pleads-guilty-to-lesser-charges-will-register-as-a-sex-offender/ |archive-date=August 12, 2019 |access-date=January 18, 2021 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us}}</ref><ref name="AT 2019-09-12" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/08/cody-wilson-pleads-guilty-to-lesser-charges-will-register-as-a-sex-offender/|title=Cody Wilson pleads guilty to lesser charge, will register as sex offender|last=Mattise|first=Nathan|date=August 9, 2019|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us|access-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812090242/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/08/cody-wilson-pleads-guilty-to-lesser-charges-will-register-as-a-sex-offender/|archive-date=August 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> After completing his probation in 2022, the charges and case were dismissed.<ref name="AT 2019-09-12">{{Cite web|last=Mattise|first=Nathan|date=September 12, 2019|title=Judge accepts Cody Wilson plea deal despite "sufficient evidence" of guilt|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/09/victims-mother-excoriates-cody-wilson-at-sentencing-for-sexual-abuse/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912172415/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/09/victims-mother-excoriates-cody-wilson-at-sentencing-for-sexual-abuse/ |archive-date=September 12, 2019 |access-date=January 31, 2021|website=[[Ars Technica]]|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Magdalene |date=2023-09-21 |title=Are 3D-Printed Guns Really About Free Speech? |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjvwqx/death-athletic-documentary-jessica-solce-cody-wilson |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Vice |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-20 |title=Despite His Criminal Record, Cody Wilson Is Back In The 3D-Printed Gun Business |url=https://www.kut.org/crime-justice/2019-11-20/despite-his-criminal-record-cody-wilson-is-back-in-the-3d-printed-gun-business |access-date=2024-01-24 |website=KUT Radio, Austin's NPR Station |language=en}}</ref> |
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In a 2024 piece memorializing his time as a producer of ''The New Radical'', venture capitalist Greg Stewart recalled Wilson as "physically imposing," and "solemn to the point of severity." He noted Wilson had in recent years withdrawn from the media spotlight to only become more committed to his cause.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-antiheroes-we-dont-need/ |title=The Antiheroes We Don’t Need |
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On August 9, 2019, Wilson pleaded guilty to one third-degree felony charge of injury to a child. He was sentenced to seven years [[probation]], required to [[Sex offender registries in the United States|register as a sex offender]], prohibited from having unsupervised contact with minors, and required to attend sex offender therapy.<ref name="AT 2019-09-12" /> The court also ordered him to complete 475 hours of [[community service]], and pay a $1,200 fine and $4,840 in [[restitution]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/08/cody-wilson-pleads-guilty-to-lesser-charges-will-register-as-a-sex-offender/|title=Cody Wilson pleads guilty to lesser charge, will register as sex offender|last=Mattise|first=Nathan|date=August 9, 2019|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us|access-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812090242/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/08/cody-wilson-pleads-guilty-to-lesser-charges-will-register-as-a-sex-offender/|archive-date=August 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AT 2019-09-12">{{Cite web|last=Mattise|first=Nathan|date=September 12, 2019|title=Judge accepts Cody Wilson plea deal despite "sufficient evidence" of guilt|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/09/victims-mother-excoriates-cody-wilson-at-sentencing-for-sexual-abuse/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912172415/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/09/victims-mother-excoriates-cody-wilson-at-sentencing-for-sexual-abuse/ |archive-date=September 12, 2019 |access-date=January 31, 2021|website=[[Ars Technica]]|language=en-us}}</ref> |
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* ''[[Death Athletic: A Dissident Architecture]]''<ref>{{Citation |last=Solce |first=Jessica |title=Death Athletic: A Dissident Architecture |date=2023-10-21 |type=Documentary |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27924829/ |access-date=2024-01-30 |others=Benjamin Denio, John Sullivan, Cody Wilson |publisher=Encode Productions}}</ref> (2023) |
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* ''[[TFW NO GF]]'' (2020)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Dickson |first1=E. J. |title='TFW No GF' Is a Deeply Uncomfortable Portrayal of Incel Culture |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/tfw-no-gf-incel-culture-sxsw-992943/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=May 4, 2020 |quote=While acknowledging that Wilson helped secure her access to some of her sources, Moyer [the director] downplays his involvement with the film...}}</ref> A documentary by Alex Lee Moyer. |
* ''[[TFW NO GF]]'' (2020)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Dickson |first1=E. J. |title='TFW No GF' Is a Deeply Uncomfortable Portrayal of Incel Culture |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/tfw-no-gf-incel-culture-sxsw-992943/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=May 4, 2020 |quote=While acknowledging that Wilson helped secure her access to some of her sources, Moyer [the director] downplays his involvement with the film...}}</ref> A documentary by Alex Lee Moyer. |
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| Born | January 31, 1988 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Central Arkansas (B.A., 2010) |
| Known for | Defense Distributed |
Cody Rutledge Wilson (born January 31, 1988) is an American gun rights activist and crypto-anarchist.[1][2] He started Defense Distributed, a non-profit organization which develops and publishes open source gun designs, so-called "wiki weapons" created by 3D printing and digital manufacture.[3][4] Defense Distributed gained international notoriety in 2013 when it published plans online for the Liberator, the first widely available functioning 3D-printed pistol.[5]
Career
[edit]Defense Distributed
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In 2012, Wilson and associates at Defense Distributed began the Wiki Weapon Project to raise funds for designing and releasing the files for a 3D printable gun.[6] At the time Wilson was the project's only spokesperson; he called himself "co-founder" and "director."[7]
Learning of Defense Distributed's plans, manufacturer Stratasys threatened legal action and demanded the return of a 3D printer it had leased to Wilson. On September 26, 2012, before the printer was assembled for use, Wilson received an email from Stratasys suggesting he was using the printer "for illegal purposes". Stratasys immediately canceled its lease with Wilson and sent a team to confiscate the printer.[8][9]
While visiting the office of the ATF in Austin, Texas to inquire about the legalities of his project, Wilson was interrogated by the officers there.[8] Six months later, he was given a Federal Firearms License (FFL) to manufacture and deal weapons.[10]
In May 2013, Wilson successfully test-fired a pistol called "the Liberator" which reportedly was made using a Stratasys Dimension series 3D printer purchased on eBay.[11] After test firing, he released the blueprints of the gun's design online through a Defense Distributed website.[12] The State Department Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance demanded that he remove the files, threatening prosecution for violations of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).[13] In October 2014, Defense Distributed began selling to the public a miniature CNC (computer numerical control) mill named Ghost Gunner to finish "80 percent" receivers, like those used to build the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.[14][15]
In November 2014 Wilson was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list,[16] a pick the publication regretted nine years later putting Wilson in its Hall of Shame.[17][18] On May 6, 2015, Defense Distributed and the Second Amendment Foundation filed Defense Distributed v. U.S. Dept. of State, a lawsuit (a constitutional challenge of the ITAR regime used to control speech.[19] On July 10, 2018, the State Department offered to settle the lawsuit and Wilson continued to work at DEFCAD.[20] Wilson briefly resigned from the company in 2018 after being indicted for sexual assault.[21] In September 2019, after accepting a plead deal and probation, he rejoined the company.[22][23]
Dark Wallet
[edit]In 2013, Wilson, along with Amir Taaki, began work on a Bitcoin cryptocurrency wallet called Dark Wallet, a project planned to anonymize financial transactions.[24][25][26] He appeared at the SXSW festival in Austin in 2014 to discuss Dark Wallet.[27]
Bitcoin Foundation
[edit]On U.S. election day, November 4, 2014, Wilson announced that he would stand for election to a seat on the board of directors of the Bitcoin Foundation, with "the sole purpose of destroying the Foundation." He said, "I will run on a platform of the complete dissolution of the Bitcoin Foundation and will begin and end every single one of my public statements with that message."[28]
Hatreon
[edit]In 2017, Wilson launched Hatreon.us, an "alt-right version of Patreon" providing crowdfunding and payment services for groups and individuals banned from platforms including Kickstarter, Patreon, PayPal, and Stripe.[29] The site attracted notable alt-right and neo-Nazi figures such as Andrew Anglin and Richard B. Spencer. Wilson said that Hatreon clients included "right-wing women, people of color, and transgender people"; Bloomberg News reported that most donations went to white supremacists.[30] According to Hannah Shearer, staff attorney at the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Hatreon users incited violence contrary to Hatreon's terms of service, which forbid illegal activity.[30][31]
Hatreon.us claimed to have received about $25,000 a month in donations.[32] The site took a five percent cut of donations.[30] Several months after Hatreon's launch, Visa, the site's payments processor, suspended its financial services. With no means of processing payments, the site became inactive.[33][34]
Political and economic views
[edit]Wilson claims an array of influences from anti-state and libertarian political thinkers[35] including mutualist theorist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon,[11][36] paleolibertarian anarcho-capitalists like Austrian School economist Hans-Hermann Hoppe, and classical liberals such as Frederic Bastiat.[37][35] His political thought has been compared to the "conservative revolutionary" ideas of Ernst Jünger. Jacob Siegel wrote that "Cody Wilson arrives at a place where left, right—and democracy—disappear" and that he oscillates "somewhere between anarch and anarchist".[38]
Wilson is an avowed crypto-anarchist, and has discussed his work in relation to the cypherpunks and Timothy May's vision.[39] He did not vote in the 2016 United States presidential election.[40] He frequently cites the work of post-Marxist thinkers in public comments, especially that of Jean Baudrillard, whom he has claimed as his "master".[41][33][42] Asked during an interview with Popular Science if the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting affected his thinking or plans in any way, Wilson responded:
... understanding that rights and civil liberties are something that we protect is also understanding that they have consequences that are also protected, or tolerated. The exercise of civil liberties is antithetical to the idea of a completely totalizing state. That's just the way it is.[43]
Wilson is generally opposed to intellectual property rights.[44] He indicated his primary goal is the subversion of state structures and he hopes that his contributions may help to dismantle the existing system of capitalist property relations.[45]
In a January 2013 interview with Glenn Beck about the nature of and motivations behind his effort to develop and share gun 3D printable files Wilson said:
(It's) a real political act, giving you a magazine, telling you that it will never be taken away... That's real politics. That's radical equality. That's what I believe in... I'm just resisting. What am I resisting? I don't know, the collectivization of manufacture? The institutionalization of the human psyche? I'm not sure. But I can tell you one thing: this is a symbol of irreversibility. They can never eradicate the gun from the earth.[46]
Awards
[edit]Wired's "Danger Room" named Wilson one of "The 15 Most Dangerous People in the World" in 2012.[47][48] In 2015 and 2017, Wired said that he was one of the five most dangerous people on the Internet; in 2019 it named him one of the most dangerous people on the internet for the decade.[49][50][51]
Personal life
[edit]Originally from Little Rock, Arkansas, Wilson was student body president at Cabot High School in Cabot, Arkansas and graduated in 2006. He received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) in 2010, where he had a scholarship.[52] While at UCA, Wilson was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and was the president of UCA's student government association. He traveled to China with UCA's study-abroad program.[53]
In 2012, he studied at the University of Texas School of Law but left the university in May 2013 after two years.[26][43][54]
On December 28, 2018, Wilson was indicted by the State of Texas for sexual assault.[55] He was accused paying a 16-year-old girl $500 for sex in a hotel room in Austin, Texas in August 2018, a second-degree felony.[56]
Wilson's defense attorney, F. Andino Reynal, said Wilson believed the girl to be a consenting adult, and that the website where they met required users to declare they are at least 18 years of age before they can create an account.[57] When the police issued a warrant for his arrest, Wilson was in Taipei, Taiwan. He was charged with an immigration violation by the Taiwanese National Immigration Agency (NIA) and deported back to the United States, where his passport was revoked by the U.S. government.[58][59] After he was returned to the U.S. by the United States Marshals Service on September 23, 2018, he was released on $150,000 bond from Harris County Jail in Houston.[60][61]
On August 9, 2019, Wilson accepted a deferred adjudication in exchange for pleading guilty to one charge. He was sentenced to seven years of probation, 475 hours of community service, and fined $1,200.[62][63][64] After completing his probation in 2022, the charges and case were dismissed.[63][65][66]
In a 2024 piece memorializing his time as a producer of The New Radical, venture capitalist Greg Stewart recalled Wilson as "physically imposing," and "solemn to the point of severity." He noted Wilson had in recent years withdrawn from the media spotlight to only become more committed to his cause.[67]
Works
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Come and Take It: The Gun Printer's Guide to Thinking Free. New York: Gallery Books (2016). ISBN 978-1476778266.
Filmography
[edit]- As himself
- After Newtown: Guns in America (2013)
- Print the Legend (2014)
- Deep Web (2015)
- No Control (2015)
- The New Radical (2017)
- Death Athletic: A Dissident Architecture[68] (2023)
- As producer
References
[edit]- ^ Kopfstein, Janus (April 12, 2013). "What happens when 3D printing and crypto-anarchy collide?". The Verge. Archived from the original on July 8, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
- ^ Pangburn, DJ (September 13, 2013). "Whistleblowers and the Crypto-Anarchist Underground: An Interview with Andy Greenberg". Motherboard.tv. Archived from the original on October 6, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
- ^ Doherty, Brian (December 12, 2012). "What 3-D Printing Means for Gun Rights". Reason. Archived from the original on December 15, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
- ^ "You don't bring a 3D printer to a gun fight -- yet".
- ^ Morelle, Rebecca (May 6, 2013). "Working gun made with 3D printer". BBC News. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
- ^ Greenberg, Andy (August 23, 2012). "'Wiki Weapon Project' Aims To Create A Gun Anyone Can 3D-Print At Home". Forbes. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
- ^ Hotz, Alexander (November 25, 2012). "3D 'Wiki Weapon' guns could go into testing by end of year, maker claims". The Guardian. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
- ^ a b Beckhusen, Robert (October 1, 2012). "3-D Printer Company Seizes Machine From Desktop Gunsmith". Wired News. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
- ^ Coldewey, Devin (October 2, 2012). "3-D printed gun project derailed by legal woes". NBC News. Archived from the original on October 2, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
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- ^ Morales, Miguel. "30 Under 30: The Top Young Lawyers, Policymakers And Power Players". Forbes. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
- ^ Team, Forbes Under 30. "Hall Of Shame: The 10 Most Dubious People Ever To Make Our 30 Under 30 List". Forbes. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Porter, Jon (November 29, 2023). "Forbes publishes 30 Under 30 "Hall of Shame."". The Verge. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
- ^ "3-D Printed Gun Lawsuit Starts the War Between Arms Control and Free Speech". WIRED. May 6, 2015. Archived from the original on August 28, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
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- ^ Mattise, Nathan (September 12, 2019). "Judge accepts Cody Wilson plea deal despite "sufficient evidence" of guilt". Ars Technica. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
- ^ "Defense Distributed's new era – Cody Wilson resigns, former arts professional steps in". Ars Technica. September 25, 2018. Archived from the original on September 25, 2018. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
- ^ Stephens, Alain (November 20, 2019). "Despite His Criminal Record, Cody Wilson Is Back in the 3D-Printed Gun Business". The Trace. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
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Hatreon processing was suspended by Visa in November.
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While acknowledging that Wilson helped secure her access to some of her sources, Moyer [the director] downplays his involvement with the film...
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