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Comment: Re:Impractical? (Score 2) 347  by Lashat (#44905849)
Attached to: What Will Ubiquitous 3D Printing Do To IP Laws?  In
theory, it could be circumvented by reverse engineering the BMW.
So why not by taking the entire car apart. Catalog the parts.
Scan the parts. Up load the parts. Print the parts. Rebuild the
parts into the car. This takes a huge amount of raw materials to
print with, effort, and experience. However, since this car is
owned by the entity that scanned the parts, etc. It's like
taking pictures of a car now. It that illegal? Is it illegal for
me to post a picture of my car online? Is it illegal for me to
sell pictures of my car?  It is most certainly NOT illegal for
an OEM entity to make aftermarket parts for production cars.
They might not be officially licensed by BMW and could be
(probably) inferior to the OEM.  That said I would fully expect
BMW to aggressively pursue any legal action against the entity
printing exact duplica