[–] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Don’t for one second think I’m defending these laws and the dolts making them. To them, being able to control what you can print in the first place is 10000000x more powerful than trying to sue everyone that sells them.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago*

    One person making a Star Wars set of Armor for themself isn’t a worry for Disney.

    That person posting the STLs on the internet, allowing millions of other people to make them too, many of who will try and sell the designs and/or finished product, is a worry for Disney.

    That’s the beauty of 3d printing, but it’s the thing that IP holders hate - and the IP holders with deep pockets can and do influence legislators.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    It’s not an automatic kill of the state case actually. There are many legal opinions out there of how it could not, or how it could. It’s not clear cut.

    The point is, either way he’s getting life (or death). If somehow he didn’t at the federal level, but was found guilty, the state can still try for murder.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

    Well not really. Stalking resulting in death wouldn’t necessarily mean they committed murder, would it? If you were stalking someone and they got hit by a car running from you, that’s not murder but it would be stalking resulting in death wouldn’t it?

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