“Boss, check out this gizmo that someone just printed in Sacramento!”
"That’s a great idea! Patent it, then sue their ass!
Comment on California’s New Bill Requires DOJ-Approved 3D Printers That Report on Themselves
douglasg14b@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoIt’s not about firearms.
It’s about controlling what you can 3D print.
When your 3D printer has to connect to a third party service to check if it’s allowed to print what you just sent it. That’s a clear vector for companies to enforce IPs.
Printing a replacement part for your appliance? Sorry, they’re blocked.
Printing parts to repair part of your vehicle or snap something back on? Sorry, that’s banned.
Printing something that resembles the intellectual property of any other company? Sorry, that’s banned.
Also a mass surveillance device to produce surveillance of what people are 3D printing and report it to a central authority.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
MatSeFi@lemmy.liebeleu.de 2 weeks ago
Ok however its hard for me to believe that such measures could render effective. Regulating the tech literate people in such a way will always fail. The only effect it could have is that when its illegal to posses a unregistered/hacked you are an easier target for “law enforcement actions”