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The Replicator And The First Amendment, Kyle Langvardt
The Replicator And The First Amendment, Kyle Langvardt
Kyle Langvardt
As 3D printing technology improves, the theoretical endpoint comes into view: a machine that, like the “replicators” of Star Trek, can produce anything the user asks for out of thin air from a digital blueprint. Real-life technology may never reach that endpoint, but our progress toward it has accelerated sharply over the past few years—sharply enough, indeed, for legal scholars to weigh in on the phenomenon’s disruptive potential in areas ranging from intellectual property to gun rights. This paper is concerned with the First Amendment status of the digital blueprints. As of August 2014, it is the first law review …
Desktop Piracy Factories: Will Existing Law Be Enough?, Andrew J. Daddono
Desktop Piracy Factories: Will Existing Law Be Enough?, Andrew J. Daddono
Andrew J Daddono
A brief essay on how the disruptive technology found in 3D printing will affect the future of our existing legal regimes for intellectual property, what foreseeable problems there are, and possible ways that we may address them.