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It's ridiculous that this is even being discussed. The people proposing the bill must have zero understanding of how a 3D printer works. It makes as much sense
by alterom 6mo ago
It's ridiculous that this is even being discussed. The people proposing the bill must have zero understanding of how a 3D printer works.
It makes as much sense as requiring saw manufacturers to implement protections that restrict what can be cut out with a saw.
Or pen manufacturers being required to enforce copyright.
Any form of this bill will 100% fail to attain its stated objective, while having horrendous not-quite-unintended consequences.
And in the end, what's to stop someone from assembling an unlicensed 3D printer to make unlicensed prints? That's how the industry literally began.
(Not to mention: what do they think would happen to the hundreds of millions of existing "dumb" 3D printers? They won't disappear because there's a law).
Sigh.
- annoyingnoob 6mo ago> what do they think would happen to the hundreds of millions of existing "dumb" 3D printers? Hey, my printer might be going up in value.
- fgfarben 6mo agoToo bad you wouldn't be allowed to sell it without catching a misdemeanor or a $25,000 fine.
- dabluecaboose 6mo ago> Any form of this bill will 100% fail to attain its stated objective, while having horrendous not-quite-unintended consequences. California gun laws in a nutshell.
- teaearlgraycold 6mo agoCalifornia laws in a nutshell.
- max51 6mo ago>And in the end, what's to stop someone from assembling an unlicensed 3D printer to make unlicensed prints? You really don't have to go that far. A very high quality control board (eg. an original Prusa) is like 90$ and cheap ones go for 25$. You could buy the licensed printer and swap the board. Or maybe even just flash the firmware on the licensed printer
- alterom 6mo ago>Or maybe even just flash the firmware on the licensed printer Yeah, that would also be a crime under this proposal. Which is one of the big reasons it's problematic.