Pirate Bay To Offer Physical Item Downloads

Posted by timothy on Tuesday January 24, 2012 @04:39AM from the print-me-up-some-caltrops-please dept.

lukehopewell1 writes "The Pirate Bay is offering users the chance to download and print out real objects using 3D printers in what the pirate site is hailing as 'the future.'" Amir Taaki mentions that among the new "physibles" uploaded to the Pirate Bay are "plans for a tabletop replica for a Warhammer 40k dreadnought that got taken down in December with a DMCA request." Downloadable 3D models have been around for a while; MakerBot users are probably all familiar with the Thingiverse. Couple TPB with a cheap method of accurate 3D scanning, though, and I wonder what illegal shapes will emerge.

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LPs by slim · 2012-01-24 04:49 · Score: 5, Insightful

I look forward to being able to download a 3D model of an LP, that I can play on my turntable. Take that, RIAA!
Re:Car by na1led · 2012-01-24 05:11 · Score: 5, Insightful

You can download Parts for your Car! think of old those small broken plastics that cost a fortune from the dealer, now you can just print it.

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