They do try and sell it though, that’s the problem.
Comment on California just passed a law forcing mandatory DRM in 3D printers
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks agoThe way I see it, a person can print a company’s IP as long as they’re not trying to sell it.
What are they going to do, sue me for drawing a picture of mario or making kirby out of clay? Printing for personal use is the same concept.
I could see them going after 3D model designers who post stls of their IP. Personally I think if they’re not selling it then it shouldn’t be an issue, but I don’t think the companies would see it that way, and I don’t know exactly where the law stands on it.
This is why they can’t simply pass IP laws, but they’re sneaking it in with the pretense of “protecting the children” (when most school shootings happen with guns that were legally obtained by the shooter or their parents…)
LilBobbyTables@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Then they should go after the commercial use of unlicensed intellectual property, not the ownership of a 3D printer…
LilBobbyTables@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Don’t for one second think I’m defending these laws and the dolts making them. To them, being able to control why you can print in the first place is 10000000x more powerful than trying to sue everyone that sells them.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah, I don’t see how this is a problem. I mean people make all kinds of things without 3D printing. Think of a Star Wars stormtrooper set of armor. People have been making those for decades, and selling them, before 3D printers took over some of the work. I’m sure IP is part of the reason companies want to regulate 3D printing, but I’d also be willing to bed that they want to do the same shit they always do - insert themselves in the middle and force you to pay for designs. Whether it’s a Mario bros. minifig or a replacement knob for your clothes dryer.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
I already have a modest library of stls on the nvme ssd in my linux laptop, and they can pry those out of my cold dead fingers, along with my 3D printer that works without an internet connection and I will never connect it to the internet or upgrade its firmware.
I’m like racing to purchase all the tech I might need in the next decade or so before they make it impossible to find non-userlocked hardware without a bunch of obligatory backdoors. It sucks because everything is just so unnecessarily expensive now. I wish I had started sooner but I thought I was being financially responsible at the time by not splurging…
Like I have a DMR and an SDR, a raspberry pi, a few different MCUs, some FPGAs and CPLDs, a collection of various electronic components, rechargeable batteries of various kinds, a couple powerbanks and a portable 30W solar panel. A logic probe, multimeter, gauss meter. A kit for an oscilloscope that I haven’t built yet.
Next I want to build a homelab, I’m already working on collecting the things I need. I want to get a higher capacity power bank and a 100W portable solar panel. I want to get a weather station, air quality sensor, geiger counter, etc. I just can’t purchase it all at once.
Meanwhile I also need to install all the software packages I would need, or at least download their package builds so I can install them when I need to. I want to make an archive of several different linux ISOs, a library of game assets from itch.io, etc., as many kiwix libraries as possible, etc. etc. etc.
I have this nagging feeling that the downfall of modern society, supply chains, the classic internet infrastructure, etc., is right around the corner, and it feels like a race against time to prepare everything I would need to establish my own little intranet “island” that I could later mesh with others when the time comes. Which also means learning cybersecurity. Sigh…
LilBobbyTables@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
One person making a Star Wars set of Armor for themself isn’t a worry for Disney.
That person posting the STLs on the internet, allowing millions of other people to make them too, many of who will try and sell the designs and/or finished product, is a worry for Disney.