Friday, January 27, 2012

40K: 3D Printing - Let the Legal Games Begin...

the culprit - caught "red handed"???
It's not often that Games Workshop makes the Huffington Post, but with the advent of 3D-Printing this was only a matter of time.  The case of the disappearing Dreadnought begins...



So long story short, plans for several "inspired by Games Workshop" items appeared on a 3d printer site, and were being printed.  The sites received a DMCA notice via Games Workshop and removed the offending items.  Then they appeared on Pirate Bay briefly, were removed, and the race was on - queue Benny Hill music...   



~Its a Brave New World indeed...
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