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"This change means that people will be prohibited from using 3D printing and other maker technologies to manufacture such objects, and that for a full century."
by MistahKoala 10y ago
"This change means that people will be prohibited from using 3D printing and other maker technologies to manufacture such objects, and that for a full century."
Undermining the premise of an argument in the first paragraph with a complete mistruth doesn't bode well for the ground it's built on.
To say that this change will prevent makers from using 3D printing to produce furniture is significantly more absurd than the idea of protecting makers' own designs from unscrupulous exploitation by manufacturers.
- pjc50 10y ago> this change will prevent makers from using 3D printing to produce furniture Surely that's (part of) the intent of the change?
- MistahKoala 10y agoIt won't stop them from using 3D printing to produce furniture, though. It's absurd for the article to say that it will as the only thing it's intended to prevent is protected designs being ripped off. If someone wants to design their own furniture, they'll still be free to do that, as well as make it freely available if they wish.