Shapeways Files Additional Comments With US Copyright Office

The US Copyright Office has been conducting a multi-year study of the efficacy of safe harbor laws outlined in Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The DMCA was established in 1998, in the early days of the Internet, and thus is pretty antiquated now - there's a lot more user-generated content out there now, and thus a lot more intellectual property theft, so the Copyright Office recognizes that adjustments will likely need to be made. Shapeways and other affected websites have been actively contributing to the study by submitting comments on how the existing legislation works - or doesn't work - for them and the digital world in general. This week, Shapeways, along with Kickstarter, MakerBot, and Meetup, submitted their latest round of comments, in which two major points were made. Read more at 3DPrint.com: http://3dprint.com/165790/shapeways-copyright-office/

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