Comment Giving the legal hounds more to whine about (Score 1) 207
From reading the article, I got the impression the the money in this technology would be in the voxel files. Now, since we are dealing with hard goods in electronic form, they will near-instantly be pirated. Just search your favorite file-sharing program for the blueprints to that new motherboard and processor you've been wanting, and viola! Before lunch, you have a start on a brand new computer! Print a few 128MB memory chips and a new graphics card (3 models to choose from!) and all you have to do is move your old drive into it. Instant gaming machine! Then, you just download your favorite pirated games to play on your brand new pirated machine! Save on your cable modem installation: reserve a night to download the modem, so you don't have to buy it from the cable company! Print a new DVD player, to play your DeCSS-cracked DVDs on. The possibilities are endless. First to make the technology available will get sued off their butts. Not because they're distributing pirated goods, but because they are an instrument in pirating. Never mind the ISP or the file exchange program. They'll want those evil printers banned from use. I feel pity for the first company to unleash them. Of course, this isn't to say I don't want one. I need one!