Comment on California just passed a law forcing mandatory DRM in 3D printers

Godort@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• sharkteethsandwich@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s probably just an extra charge they can throw at you if your house ever gets searched. Fuck hobby enthusiasts I guess

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  • NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And small businesses.

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  • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not true (yet). Could be later, but for now, there’s no crime for circumvention.

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• False@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Digital signatures and closed firmware.

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• Bahnd@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  From Lewis Rossmans bit on this from this morning, an internet connection and third party AI scanning tools.

  So its a whole bucket of “fuck that noise”.

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• grue@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It can’t. They want to destroy 3D printers entirely.

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• dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  it’s enforced by stopping most people from trying to get into making 3d printer software. Imagine if california made browser drm required: no more open source browsers

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Don’t give them ideas

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  • papalonian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Imagine if california made browser drm required: no more open source browsers

    Why would that be the case? If I’m a programmer in New York, or Germany, why do I care if my open-source browser meets California’s requirements? If there’s any chance of litigation, can’t you just slap “not for use in California” on it and call it a day?

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    • dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Do you think California is the first and last place this will happen?

      pbs.org/…/first-of-its-kind-law-in-new-york-could…

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      • papalonian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Say the entire country of America bans 3d printers without DRM, why would a German 3D printing enthusiast stop developing their firmware?

        Note that I’m not saying these bans aren’t bad. They certainly can and will cause harm to the community as a whole. But I don’t see the argument of, “if it gets banned in x place, it goes away forever, for everyone”. There are thousands of projects that are already illegal and exist without issue online. Piracy is illegal but still easily doable, it’s already illegal in several states to 3D print certain gun parts but people still create the files and print them out.

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