Comments on: Piracy and the future http://www.vectorstorm.org/2010/02/27/piracy-and-the-future/ Creating games, one brightly glowing line at a time. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:47:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: b-knox http://www.vectorstorm.org/2010/02/27/piracy-and-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-1407 b-knox Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:05:43 +0000 http://www.vectorstorm.org/?p=1180#comment-1407 sounds like a missing Max Headroom episode :D sounds like a missing Max Headroom episode :D

]]> By: Joe http://www.vectorstorm.org/2010/02/27/piracy-and-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-1391 Joe Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:40:00 +0000 http://www.vectorstorm.org/?p=1180#comment-1391 Fabrication, of course, will become a vanishingly small market, or be confined to those geographical regions that are unable to effectively supply the raw materials, of whatever form they take, for the duplicators. In those places affluent enough to maintain these "printers" and their "ink", the markets will favor, for one, the suppliers of those inks. You might also see a rise in the popularity of restaurants, where you can purchase meals that vary from serving to serving, rather than duplicating the exact same meal night after night. Additionally, for a printer to be able to print *any* object, it would need (probably small) stores of hazardous materials. That might put legal restrictions on the capacities of household duplicators. Fabrication, of course, will become a vanishingly small market, or be confined to those geographical regions that are unable to effectively supply the raw materials, of whatever form they take, for the duplicators. In those places affluent enough to maintain these “printers” and their “ink”, the markets will favor, for one, the suppliers of those inks. You might also see a rise in the popularity of restaurants, where you can purchase meals that vary from serving to serving, rather than duplicating the exact same meal night after night.

Additionally, for a printer to be able to print *any* object, it would need (probably small) stores of hazardous materials. That might put legal restrictions on the capacities of household duplicators.

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