“Printcrime” by Cory Doctorow

Post by MartinCron » Fri, May 24, 2013, 6:55 PM UTC

SonicSoul wrote: post #11

adventureloop wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You probably should have read the first line of text on that page. > This story appears in my collection Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present, 2007 craphound.com has been Cory's website for as long as I can remember.

this kind of reply makes me cringe.. i had a manager once who would do something similar on rare occasions i asked about something he already stated in the past. he'd re-paste it into the chat window (sometimes twice).. as if fostering proof that i must be retarded for missing a nugget of his eternal wisdom. the only thing that kept me alive was collecting such snippets for eventual book or at least a blog post about…

Post by tenpoundhammer » Fri, May 24, 2013, 7:10 PM UTC

tstactplsignore wrote: post #40

I am often confused by how quickly the futurist community jumps from "machines which mold plastic shapes" to "machines which are capable of creating a laptop". Surely every modern electronic requires an enormous number of materials, some very rare, some in minute quantities, and some of which may require chemically and/or thermally active reactions in their implementation. Do many people genuinely think that we are c…

Post by jbooth » Fri, May 24, 2013, 7:41 PM UTC

smacktoward wrote: post #30

DoubleMalt wrote: post #8

I remembered the story when I was reading the musings of the Australian police about regulating the cad files. As soon as 3d printers will be able to replicate themselves, every regulation will be moot. Information always finds a way to propagate.

Information always finds a way to propagate There are 1.3 billion people in China who would probably disagree.

Post by Turing_Machine » Fri, May 24, 2013, 9:05 PM UTC

livnev wrote: post #26

angersock wrote: post #20

So, one wonders--how does anyone who detests the idea of getting arrested for printing things and having printer tech confiscated simultaneously detest the idea of printing weapons with which to defend yourself and your means of production?

Weapons are violence. There's no room for violence in the future.

Post by spiritplumber » Fri, May 24, 2013, 9:17 PM UTC

maeon3 wrote: post #19

After "printcrime" there will be: "look-crime" where you are caught peeking into or learning about how the insides of a system work on a base level, so you can replicate it without the backdoors, spyware, government mothership authorizations, credentials, alarms, and limitations. Close that vehicle/system lid citizen, there are trade secrets in there, step away, don't make me Taze you.