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The author is ignorant of both 3D printing and traditional manufacturing methods, and as far as I can tell, how intellectual property works. Nothing he describ
by panzagl 11y ago
The author is ignorant of both 3D printing and traditional manufacturing methods, and as far as I can tell, how intellectual property works. Nothing he describes couldn't be done by someone with $20 and a 40% off coupon at Michaels. Patents don't work because of difficulty of manufacture.
- JupiterMoon 11y agoI don't think the authors of this piece are ignorant. I suspect they have a motivation. This is the beginning of a lobby similar to the existing copyright maximalist one.
- jobu 11y agoYeah, I think it's someone looking at the digital media endgame and deciding that it's not long before even complex physical objects can be "digitized" and replicated.