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The Law And Nanotechnology

Posted by michael on from the digital-millennium-nanotechnology-act dept.

YIAAL writes: "An article in Smalltimes raises the issue of legal implications of nanotechnology in all sorts of areas. Would nanoweapons be treated as chemical or biological weapons, or do they need a new treaty? If you can use nanotechnology to copy anything and then share the "plans" with friends who can use nanotechnology to make copies of their own, is it like Napster for the material world?" The gray goo problem - accidentally releasing a self-replicating device that turns the entire world into copies of itself - is going to be a huge spur for close regulation of nano-devices.

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  1. You Mean Human Beings? by BiggestPOS · · Score: 2, Funny
    The gray goo problem - accidentally releasing a self-replicating device that turns the entire world into copies of itself

    Sounds like people to me. Well, other than the accidnetly part, we were "released" quite intentionally.

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    What, me worry?
  2. A Question by sien · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wouldn't the main legal effect of nano-tech be really, really fine print ?

  3. What I want to know is... by _Neurotic · · Score: 2, Funny

    When do I get my Microfibral Muscle and Cloak augmentations?

    Neurotic