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What 3D printing does to copyright, patent law, and the open source movement will be very interesting. I think this area may represent one of the biggest seas o
by TrevorJ 14y ago
What 3D printing does to copyright, patent law, and the open source movement will be very interesting. I think this area may represent one of the biggest seas of change in the legal arena of the next 100 years. I'm curious it anyone who is more knowledgeable than I, can speak to that.
- 2468ben 14y agoI've been researching and trying to plan out how this will all happen for about 5 years now, and it's amazing how far away we still are in many senses. Ponoko is a huge step forward, but I would love to work on making the "Napster of Forks".
- TrevorJ 14y agoYeah, we are a long ways away from these printers being cheap and robust enough to make their way into daily lives, but it does seem like the tech is there, it's more a matter of economies of scale, and incremental improvements that are needed for more mass adoption. I do think that the key will be more robust capabilities for purpose-built 'smart' devices. There's a limited amount of utility for the population at large for devices that can only spit out 'dumb' objects like rings and doorknobs. I can really see the need for standardization of certain non-reproducible parts so that the end user can keep a few small parts on hand that can be used in a large number of possible smart devices. The more I think about it, the more I feel like the strengths of 3D printing are such that it will bring about a revolution that doesn't intersect with traditional products (We won't be pirating iphones and printing them out). Instead I think 3D printing may supersede traditional devices in some cases. I might make my own utilitarian cell phone with few features to supplement my fancy expensive phone.
- xiaoma 14y agoI eagerly await the day when teenagers are "pirating" food and sharing the printable files for their favorite dishes online.