... general public. It cannot or perhaps should not, for the sake of argument, be assumed that the public will use this technology in accordance with copyright law. The same assumption was made and was found to be correct at the dawn of the internet age. Copyright law protects a free exchange of media, though there are a number of ways around this. Lastly we have patent holders ... in the 3D-printer queue. The key distinction of what will be protected and what will not under copyright law is pretty plainly stated. The principle idea is sever-ability. Weinberg explains: If an object has both...

• Word Count: 2695
• Approx Pages: 11
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... general public. It cannot or perhaps should not, for the sake of argument, be assumed that the public will use this technology in accordance with copyright law. The same assumption was made and was found to be correct at the dawn of the internet age. Copyright law protects a free exchange of media, though there are a number of ways around this. Lastly we have patent holders ... still in the 3D-printer queue. The key distinction of what will be protected and what will not under copyright law is pretty plainly stated. The principle idea is severability. Weinberg explains: If an object has...

• Word Count: 2695
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate