> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:30:53 -0500 (CDT) > From: Mike Miller <mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu> > The Wikipedia article shows that objects can be 3D scanned and 3D > printed from the scans, so you can be sure that manufacturers of all > sorts of products will want laws to control that kind of copying of > their works. > > Mike One maker of such machines tried to include in the "license" a stipulation that you wouldn't build any copies of the machine itself, IIRC. Similarly, I think there was a maker of jigs (shop tools) that made a jig for making jigs... (wait for it)... who said (or tried to say) that you couldn't use it to make jigs for making jigs. Chris