Recent leaks of CAD (Computer-aided design) files purported to depict the iPhone 16 Pro have surfaced online, offering a glimpse into what Apple's forthcoming flagship might entail.
use their export regulations in an attempt to block the distribution of this otherwise protected speech. they re not providing any sort of judicial review or any kind of procedural safeguards which would required in order for the government to sensor or block other forms of communication. this is essentially a textbook prior restraint on speech. you said the cad files. that might come up what are cad files for our viewers? computer system design files. essentially it tells the computer how to design an object or assist in designing an object. it s really no different than a source code that s used by a computer to display something on a screen. all right. rebecca, the state department says listen this isn t okay. this is essentially the same as trying to sell guns to mexico because you re giving people within their own ability, with a computer and maybe a click of
again. we just read a portion of a letter from the state department. you ve told others you re disappointed but not very surprised by the decision. what are you going to do now? i think we see what the state department wants to do. it s very interesting and it s necessary that we act carefully because what we do next with the department of defense trade controls could set a regulatory precedent as to how that office will print all 3-d cad files or cad files generally going forward. explain what a cad file is. sorry. computer aided design file. pieces of software that might in some sense represent material objects but at the same time are really just pieces of information. this administrative group claims for itself or is seeing if it has for itself the regulatory jurisdiction to control that information and its spread online. so when it tells me to take it offline while it determines what it wants to do, one, i see it as