Comment on California just passed a law forcing mandatory DRM in 3D printers
papalonian@lemmy.world 3 days agoImagine 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?
dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days 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…
papalonian@lemmy.world 3 days 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.
dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
If that hobbyist is okay with it not being hosted on github or any other american infrastructure sure.