Abstract
When new technology arises, lawmakers struggle to keep up: how do I perform the balancing act of managing risk through regulation without stymying innovation. An ongoing struggle is the 3D printer and its copyright liability. 3D printers take a complicated manufacturing process and puts in our homes instead of a factory. The ease in which a person can create an object at home is an incredible feat, but it comes with consequences. Specifically, owners of copyrighted images are weary of their products being reproduced at home and sold in a secondary market. This article briefly describes the source of their concerns and reviews the copyright issues that arise in the world of 3D printing.
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- Subject
Intellectual Property Law
Science and Technology Law
- Journal title
Boston College Intellectual Property and Technology Forum
- Volume
2016
- Pagination
1-11
- Date submitted
29 November 2022
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