Comments on: Will 3-D printing lead to a new wave of piracy? http://gigaom.com/2012/09/10/will-3-d-printing-lead-to-a-new-wave-of-piracy/ Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:18:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: john http://gigaom.com/2012/09/10/will-3-d-printing-lead-to-a-new-wave-of-piracy/#comment-1165110 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 03:04:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=561208#comment-1165110 we might be able to copy things, but they will probably be out of low quality material, or else you end up paying the amount of what the actual item will cost anyway. if that will really happen then its actually a good thing because it brings 1 very positive change to the entire business: companies are going to make things out of good quality for the mainstream!

i really hate when buying anything for whatever it might be and it turn out to be a shitty made plastic piece of sh*t that falls appart within 1 year just so you have to rebuy it, or worse, buy something new that is not equal to what you actually bought.

]]> By: Invidia http://gigaom.com/2012/09/10/will-3-d-printing-lead-to-a-new-wave-of-piracy/#comment-990523 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:53:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=561208#comment-990523 If it was more profitable to produce copies by 3D printing than traditional methods, it would also be more profitable to produce the ORIGINALS that way. When this happens, we will have bigger problems than piracy, such as the total reorganization of our economic system.

]]> By: mr. e http://gigaom.com/2012/09/10/will-3-d-printing-lead-to-a-new-wave-of-piracy/#comment-990514 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:41:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=561208#comment-990514 Piracy will always exist. The shame is that the true potential of these machines is the enabling of average joes developing new items. Using these to pirate is kind of a waste…

]]> By: Richard Page http://gigaom.com/2012/09/10/will-3-d-printing-lead-to-a-new-wave-of-piracy/#comment-989682 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:43:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=561208#comment-989682 Yes it will.. see not that complicated a question why the blog?

]]> By: LEGOS!!!! http://gigaom.com/2012/09/10/will-3-d-printing-lead-to-a-new-wave-of-piracy/#comment-989462 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:40:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=561208#comment-989462 Out of everything i could think to print, I can’t believe I never thought about Legos. In fact, I’m almost tempted to get a 3D printer just to make Legos because it seems all Legos are specialized and it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find just standard, plain blocks.

]]> By: n http://gigaom.com/2012/09/10/will-3-d-printing-lead-to-a-new-wave-of-piracy/#comment-989261 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:51:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=561208#comment-989261 i would print a fully functional 3d printer…

]]> By: JR http://gigaom.com/2012/09/10/will-3-d-printing-lead-to-a-new-wave-of-piracy/#comment-988213 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:07:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=561208#comment-988213 IP is obsolete, copyright is obsolete, ownership is obsolete. We need to embrace the evolution toward a resource-based economy of sharing, cooperation, iteration, and evolution. We are not just a collection of individuals, we are a collaborative super-brain when given the chance. Personal profit will cease to make sense in the near future.

]]> By: Kamal Ji http://gigaom.com/2012/09/10/will-3-d-printing-lead-to-a-new-wave-of-piracy/#comment-988078 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 06:53:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=561208#comment-988078 i am still waiting for a personal 3d printer..

]]> By: Muon http://gigaom.com/2012/09/10/will-3-d-printing-lead-to-a-new-wave-of-piracy/#comment-988076 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 06:46:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=561208#comment-988076 An iPod? Really? Hyperbole much? The string of elements &/or materials needed to pull that off approaches Star Trek replicator class complexity. A plastic toy? Already 3-D copied. A wrench? Already done with a more advanced 3-D copier. As complex a tool as a gun has already been done, fully functioning. The rare earth elements needed to produce the screen of the iPad or even iPod is too expensive & even when the expense would be off-set by the profit, the process of having available at the correct time and also at the same time all at once during the 3-D printing process is impossible.

]]> By: Aaeru http://gigaom.com/2012/09/10/will-3-d-printing-lead-to-a-new-wave-of-piracy/#comment-988027 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 04:44:36 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=561208#comment-988027 Why can’t they just be honest and sell their labour. Why must they be so dishonest using coercion to strip property rights of their own customers. It’s so despicable.

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