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Re:“Printcrime” by Cory Doctorow by DoubleMalt on Friday May 24, 2013 @10:56AM (#5763173)
>> As soon as 3d printers will be able to replicate themselves, every regulation will be moot.

> I don't get this. In theory, if it were illegal to print "Item #325" having 200 printers doesn't make it any less illegal to print "Item #325".

It might be illegal. But the law would be unenforceable.

>> Information always finds a way to propagate.

> Doesn't this presuppose that no secret has ever been kept?

Valid point. What I meant is information that is out in the open. The cad files by Defense Distributed where published intentionally. You need a North Korean style regime to significantly slow down the propagation of such material.

Re:“Printcrime” by Cory Doctorow by e12e on Friday May 24, 2013 @07:03PM (#5765708)
Most places you're not allowed to carry a knife in crowds. Doesn't really matter if you've made it yourself or not.
Re:“Printcrime” by Cory Doctorow by Dylan16807 on Friday May 24, 2013 @08:37PM (#5765945)
You're not? I know some places ban very specific elements of 'knifes' that have nothing to do with how pokey they are for political reasons, but there are areas that actually ban having a knife?