LEGO Upsets Fans by Taking Down Homebrew 3D Print Designs
While the 3D printing revolution is still in its early days, people are already able to download and print pretty much everything imaginable, including houses and cars. Larger and more complicated objects still require specialist tools and other parts, but smaller things that consist of easily printable material are reasonably easy to make. Take LEGO bricks, for example, which have relatively easy shapes and usually consist of...
As RIAA Targets Yet More YouTube-Ripping Sites, Here’s the State of Play
Over the past few years, users ripping music from sites like YouTube has been portrayed by the industry as a bigger problem than torrent sites. According to stats published by industry group IFPI last year, 32% of all Internet users were stream rippers, up from 30% in 2016. This, according to the group, made it the leading form of music piracy. Last week, however, a new report revealed that the practice is actually on a downward...
