Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)

[Dirtbag59]

Possibly dangerous but also could go a long way towards improving society. This is basicaly the end game of file sharing.

Next Frontier in Piracy: Downloading Physical Objects to Your 3D Printer | Techland | TIME.com

Per the Pirate Bay:

We believe that the next step in copying will be made from digital form into physical form. It will be physical objects. Or as we decided to call them: Physibles. Data objects that are able (and feasible) to become physical. We believe that things like three dimensional printers, scanners and such are just the first step. We believe that in the nearby future you will print your spare parts for your vehicles. You will download your sneakers within 20 years.

It's like, imagine if you only had to pay for housing, medical care, and services? People would have more disposable income. Less people would go hungry. I haven't thought it out fully but it seems like a good thing. Then again if you can download guns and keys.

Read more: Next Frontier in Piracy: Downloading Physical Objects to Your 3D Printer | Techland | TIME.com

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag59

Possibly dangerous but also could go a long way towards improving society. This is basicaly the end game of file sharing.

Next Frontier in Piracy: Downloading Physical Objects to Your 3D Printer | Techland | TIME.com

Per the Pirate Bay:


It's like, imagine if you only had to pay for housing, medical care, and services? People would have more disposable income. Less people would go hungry. I haven't thought it out fully but it seems like a good thing. Then again if you can download guns and keys.

Read more: Next Frontier in Piracy: Downloading Physical Objects to Your 3D Printer | Techland | TIME.com

Free copper pipes. Now, how do you print out the copper? Sounds more like sci-fi to me.

[skinsguy]

Wow...imagine porn.......

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

Wow...imagine porn.......

Ha ha. I'm reminded of a quote from Frasier.

Sleeping with the Enemy (series 3)
Daphne: Oh, come on now, Dr Crane. It's not like men have never used sex to get what they want.
Frasier: How can we possibly use sex to get what we want?! Sex IS what we want!

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag59

Ha ha. I'm reminded of a quote from Frasier.

Sleeping with the Enemy (series 3)
Daphne: Oh, come on now, Dr Crane. It's not like men have never used sex to get what they want.
Frasier: How can we possibly use sex to get what we want?! Sex IS what we want!

hahahaha!!!! Man I miss that show!!

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag59

Possibly dangerous but also could go a long way towards improving society. This is basicaly the end game of file sharing.

Next Frontier in Piracy: Downloading Physical Objects to Your 3D Printer | Techland | TIME.com

Per the Pirate Bay:


It's like, imagine if you only had to pay for housing, medical care, and services? People would have more disposable income. Less people would go hungry. I haven't thought it out fully but it seems like a good thing. Then again if you can download guns and keys.

Read more: Next Frontier in Piracy: Downloading Physical Objects to Your 3D Printer | Techland | TIME.com

If everything is free then no one will make anything, innovate anything, do anything.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

If everything is free then no one will make anything, innovate anything, do anything.

It's impossible for everything to be free (roads come to mind). And it would be even more dangerous for physical objects to be downloaded. If you could replicate food you could also replicate drugs. If you could replicate precious metals then you could also replicate guns. Also regulation of food, air pollution, drugs, medicine. I don't know maybe we're in a time where we can't even think of something like that.

However lack of profit motive doesn't necessarily mean that innovation would stop. People need something do and what once would have been a job in this hypothetical scenario would become a hobby. Windows becomes Linux so to speak.

By the way I'm not totally endorsing it. It would be way to much for the world to handle. However it is interesting to think about.

[NC_Skins]

BBC News - Thousands march in Poland over Acta internet treaty

[NC_Skins]

Polish members of Parliment wear makeshift Guy Fawkes to protest ACTA.


Poland signs copyright treaty that drew protests - KRLA 870

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

Polish members of Parliment wear makeshift Guy Fawkes to protest ACTA.


Poland signs copyright treaty that drew protests - KRLA 870

If I understand correctly ACTA has already been signed by the US. However it obviously hasn't been passed fully. I think June is when the stuff is going to start to hit the fan and the protest are going to come out in full force seeing as how thats when the EU parliament will vote on ratification.

The 14 Most Ridiculous Lawsuits Filed by the RIAA and the MPAA

[mlmpetert]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag59

And it would be even more dangerous for physical objects to be downloaded. If you could replicate food you could also replicate drugs. If you could replicate precious metals then you could also replicate guns. Also regulation of food, air pollution, drugs, medicine. I don't know maybe we're in a time where we can't even think of something like that.

3-D Printing for the Masses: MakerBot's Replicator - NYTimes.com

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by mlmpetert

3-D Printing for the Masses: MakerBot's Replicator - NYTimes.com

which is great, if you want to pirate chunky looking lego blocks at $25 a pound and at very slow speed....

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by That Guy

which is great, if you want to pirate chunky looking lego blocks at $25 a pound and at very slow speed....

Where are those alchemists? It's time to revive their practice.

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis

Where are those alchemists? It's time to revive their practice.

you know, russians HAVE turned lead into gold... inside the shielding in some of their reactors... (not on purpose). I think they ran the math and figured the price gold had to hit before it'd be profitable, but I can't remember the details...

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

If everything is free then no one will make anything, innovate anything, do anything.

I will say this. I used file sharing programs in the past to download music, because I didn't think it was worth $15 to purchase an entire CD's worth of music for just three songs. This was pre iTunes days. Whatever I did think was worth a purchase of the entire album, I already had. Back in those days, I said that if they were willing to build a site in which I could purchase individual songs that were at a high CD quality for a low price, I'd support that! But, the site would have to provide everything I would ever want to find.

However, I will say this as well. Almost every single time I downloaded music, I wound up purchasing the CD on half.com or Amazon for like $ 0.75 to $3. I was a stickler for sound quality and I'm still that way today. MP3s that were at a 128 bit rate back then sounded horrible, and not many people ripped their songs at 320 back then. Anyways, it was more or less for me to preview the music and to see if it was something I'd listen to on a regular basis. Often times if it was something I had grown to really like, I'd just buy the CD (assuming I could get it cheaper on those above mentioned sites.) What I wound up not not listening to or just not liking, I deleted the files.

So basically, the point I'm making that in my experience, I wound up buying more music because I previewed it prior to purchasing it. I'm sure that's not true for everybody who has ever used a file sharing program to get music. Now since iTunes and other download stores have been established, pretty much anything I have ever downloaded without paying for first, I have either went back and purchased the CD (or vinyl since I'm into vinyl) or I have purchased the tracks off of iTunes. This is just an example of why these companies like the RIAA are missing the point with the technology.