The future of IP

[BoberFett]

Just thought I'd bump this with an article I saw over on Slashdot.

http://www.3ders.org/articles/20120203-83-year-old-woman-got-3d-printed-mandible.html

We're now creating replacement bones with 3D printing technology. The tech is coming. Greedy media corporations pushing for eternal monopolies and broad ability to shut down anybody they choose with little to no oversight are going to endanger progress just to fill their pockets.

 

[Bateluer]

When we develop the technology to create nearly unlimited physical goods, say someday we actually do invent the Star Trek replicator, are we still going to create artificial scarcity? Will we insist that people not be allowed to create their own goods even though scarcity could be a thing of the past?

You'll purchase the 'plans' or schematic pattern for what you want to replicate, and it'll be tied directly to our own unique key.