A popular video showing off a 3D-printed automatic rifle magazine was removed Friday "as a violation of YouTube's policy against spam, scams, and commercially deceptive content."
The video featured the "Cuomo" 30-round magazine developed by Defense Distributed, a Texas-based initiative run by 24-year-old Cody Wilson. It quickly went viral after Defense Distributed posted it this week.
YouTube has not yet responded to Mashable's request for a comment on the video removal. The language now tied to the video, however, seems to suggest the company believes the video is somehow fraudulent.
Wilson told Mashable in an e-mail that he's attempting to re-upload the video to YouTube, but it's automatically rejecting the footage. He's now attempting to host the footage on an alternative service. Update: It's back:
Defense Distributed shot 342 rounds using the magazine during a successful test run, Wilson told Talking Points Memo.
An earlier video of one of Wilson's previous magazine designs is still playable on YouTube:
Wilson, a believer in open-source weapons design, told TPM he plans on releasing the schematics for the Cuomo this weekend. His previous designs have been already downloaded more than 100,000 times, he added.