Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

If everything is free then no one will make anything, innovate anything, do anything.

It's impossible for everything to be free (roads come to mind). And it would be even more dangerous for physical objects to be downloaded. If you could replicate food you could also replicate drugs. If you could replicate precious metals then you could also replicate guns. Also regulation of food, air pollution, drugs, medicine. I don't know maybe we're in a time where we can't even think of something like that.

However lack of profit motive doesn't necessarily mean that innovation would stop. People need something do and what once would have been a job in this hypothetical scenario would become a hobby. Windows becomes Linux so to speak.

By the way I'm not totally endorsing it. It would be way to much for the world to handle. However it is interesting to think about.

[NC_Skins]

BBC News - Thousands march in Poland over Acta internet treaty

[NC_Skins]

Polish members of Parliment wear makeshift Guy Fawkes to protest ACTA.


Poland signs copyright treaty that drew protests - KRLA 870

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

Polish members of Parliment wear makeshift Guy Fawkes to protest ACTA.


Poland signs copyright treaty that drew protests - KRLA 870

If I understand correctly ACTA has already been signed by the US. However it obviously hasn't been passed fully. I think June is when the stuff is going to start to hit the fan and the protest are going to come out in full force seeing as how thats when the EU parliament will vote on ratification.

The 14 Most Ridiculous Lawsuits Filed by the RIAA and the MPAA

[mlmpetert]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag59

And it would be even more dangerous for physical objects to be downloaded. If you could replicate food you could also replicate drugs. If you could replicate precious metals then you could also replicate guns. Also regulation of food, air pollution, drugs, medicine. I don't know maybe we're in a time where we can't even think of something like that.

3-D Printing for the Masses: MakerBot's Replicator - NYTimes.com

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by mlmpetert

3-D Printing for the Masses: MakerBot's Replicator - NYTimes.com

which is great, if you want to pirate chunky looking lego blocks at $25 a pound and at very slow speed....

[SirClintonPortis]

Originally Posted by That Guy

which is great, if you want to pirate chunky looking lego blocks at $25 a pound and at very slow speed....

Where are those alchemists? It's time to revive their practice.

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by SirClintonPortis

Where are those alchemists? It's time to revive their practice.

you know, russians HAVE turned lead into gold... inside the shielding in some of their reactors... (not on purpose). I think they ran the math and figured the price gold had to hit before it'd be profitable, but I can't remember the details...

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by That Guy

you know, russians HAVE turned lead into gold... inside the shielding in some of their reactors... (not on purpose). I think they ran the math and figured the price gold had to hit before it'd be profitable, but I can't remember the details...

FWIW there's also diamond sized moons floating in space.
Moon-sized diamond found in space • The Register

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by That Guy

you know, russians HAVE turned lead into gold... inside the shielding in some of their reactors... (not on purpose). I think they ran the math and figured the price gold had to hit before it'd be profitable, but I can't remember the details...

They did but it is unstable, loaded with radioactive isotopes and it decays back into stabilized lead whilst releasing its radioactivity.