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As 3D printing becomes truly mass-market, people who want to print copies of objects will start attacking physical product patents as strongly as they attack so
by qq66 14y ago
As 3D printing becomes truly mass-market, people who want to print copies of objects will start attacking physical product patents as strongly as they attack software patents and digital media copyright today (strong, coordinated opposition to these grew only with distribution channels).
- s_henry_paulson 14y agoYou're ignoring the massive grey area that is "fair use" There's a huge difference between me building something for my own personal use, as opposed to building a product and trying to sell it.
- qq66 14y agoI'm not ignoring it -- people used to make mixtapes for friends and copy games on 5.25" floppies (see the classic "Don't Copy That Floppy" -- but only when online distribution became a reality did people start arguments of the nature that "IP should not exist on this category of entity."