How DRM will infest the 3D printing revolution

Re:How DRM will infest the 3D printing revolution by debacle on Tuesday October 16, 2012 @01:43PM (#4660944)

I didn't say single-shot, I said single-use.

It's very unlikely that it will be possible to make a safe, practical, reusable gun from a 3D printer in the foreseeable future.

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Re:How DRM will infest the 3D printing revolution by Dove on Tuesday October 16, 2012 @03:42PM (#4661494)

You're probably right, though I'm always hesitant to bet against ingenuity.

I'm sorry if I came off as aggressive in my criticism. It just struck me as silly that terrorists -- you know, the guys that buy military hardware from shady international arms dealers and have their own supply and manufacturing chains for explosives -- would be significantly enabled by crappy 3D-printed handguns.

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Re:How DRM will infest the 3D printing revolution by debacle on Tuesday October 16, 2012 @04:17PM (#4661624)

I don't think anyone is going to be significantly enabled by crappy 3D-printed handguns, but if anyone could see utility from it it would be terrorists.

My second point was an attempt to point out that it's probably cheaper and easier to create a single-use weapon now without the use of the 3D printer.

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Re:How DRM will infest the 3D printing revolution by Dove on Tuesday October 16, 2012 @07:38PM (#4662478)

if anyone could see utility from it it would be terrorists.

How do you figure that?

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