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Re:Criticized for overpriced parts, company gives away 3d sc... by s_henry_paulson on Tuesday September 25, 2012 @09:06AM (#4570093)
You'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.

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Re:Criticized for overpriced parts, company gives away 3d sc... by qq66 on Tuesday September 25, 2012 @11:15AM (#4570763)
I'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."
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