Will 3d printing remain legal? ~ diy3dprinting.blogspot.com
personalfactory: Very interesting discussion. I agree especially with CEO of Shapeways. Copyright issue is not a big problem nowadays because cost of 3d prints or 3d printer is still relatively high and in most cases it is still cheaper to buy original/copyrighted (luxury) products. But it will change in the future and it means really disruptive change in mass manufacturing.
Other speakers aroused very interesting questions and rather few very uncertain answers.
Brook Drumm (Printrbot) described hilarious story of flying around inside US borders and abroad with his compact 3d printers... a lot of cables, small box it is definitely a bomb...
Erick Wolf (Airwolf3D) talked about inefficient maturity of current scanners. The complex postproduction of scans is really an issue if we think of rapid copying physical objects in order to 3d print it.
Mark Lemley (Professor of Law at Stanford Law School) discussed in my opinion the most important issue - IP or specifically design patents and how 3d printing is going to create a lot of questions in terms of copying or/and modifying protected products.
Q&A Session started with very funny joke :) I really appreciate the question about creating something like Creative Commons for 3d models designed for 3d printing. It is so urge issue when we will almost for sure see in the near future attempts to regulate current situation called by Brook Drumm: Wild Wild West. :)
