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In real life, nobody ever sues over individual non-commercial use. First, the company is unlikely to ever know. Second, it's just not worth the hassle--suing
by slapshot 19y ago
In real life, nobody ever sues over individual non-commercial use. First, the company is unlikely to ever know. Second, it's just not worth the hassle--suing costs tens of thousands of dollars and they'd recover far less.
The law is on the books, but I wouldn't stress too much if you replicated a patented invention in your basement.
- notauser 19y agoPrior to P2P, which made individual copyright violation easy and fun, no one ever sued over individual non-commercial copyright violation either. Tape trading mostly went untouched; P2P is being fought. Making stuff in your basement no problem; Everyone sharing plans for replication on their own 3D printer not likely to go unnoticed.