How DRM will infest the 3D printing revolution

Re:How DRM will infest the 3D printing revolution by noonespecial on Tuesday October 16, 2012 @10:48AM (#4660046)

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.

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Re:How DRM will infest the 3D printing revolution by mtgx on Tuesday October 16, 2012 @01:14PM (#4660794)

That 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.

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Re:How DRM will infest the 3D printing revolution by mindslight on Tuesday October 16, 2012 @03:26PM (#4661429)

And my first thought as well. Except that it's dead wrong when that troll sets up shop on K street.

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Re:How DRM will infest the 3D printing revolution by noonespecial on Tuesday October 16, 2012 @08:32PM (#4662666)

Yeah. 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.

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