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Here's hoping Intellectual Ventures makes a nice secret shill/shell corp fully devoted to trolling the hell out of anyone who even tries to put DRM into a 3D pr
by noonespecial 14y ago
Here's hoping Intellectual Ventures makes a nice secret shill/shell corp fully devoted to trolling the hell out of anyone who even tries to put DRM into a 3D printer.
- mtgx 14y agoThat was my first thought, too. This may end up being a good thing if IV trolls just about anyone wanting to use DRM on their 3D printable objects. It would mean most companies wouldn't bother to deal with DRM and IV.
- mindslight 14y agoAnd my first thought as well. Except that it's dead wrong when that troll sets up shop on K street.
- noonespecial 14y agoYeah. The greatest heist a troll can pull is to get a patent forced on everyone by law. I always thought that once the government mandates the use of a specific technology, it should automatically force the patent into the public domain. Anything else sets up a set of incentives that are just a bit more than way too perverse for the public good.