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Alesia Stein Explains More About Hasbro, Zazzle, And The Brony Bro-Haha – This might be as close to the pony’s mouth as Zazzle will let us get.

Yesterday we reported on a possible legal issue surrounding the use of the word “brony” in fan-made merchandise. To provide more context and clear up any confusion surrounding her interactions with Zazzle, Alesia Stein, i.e. Mandomommy herself, sent us this e-mail update.Read More…

Security program to control 3D printing is in the works in Japan

A planned proposal to control the development and creation of certain 3D printed items in Japan may soon be on its way to implementation. Dai Nippon Printing (DNP), one of the largest printing companies in Japan, has proposed  a security program that would control the development and creation of 3D printed items and products. The…Read More…

  • By Christian Crisostomo
  • May 29, 2014
  • Posted in Uncategorized
  • Also tagged 3d printer, 3D Printing, DNP, , Printers

1,000 Dog Portraits: How a David-vs-Goliath Copyright Nightmare Became an Illustrated Celebration of the Canine Condition

The art of making creative lemonade out of legal lemons.Brain Pickings takes 450+ hours a month to curate and edit across the different platforms, and remains banner-free. If it brings you any joy and inspiration, please consider a modest donation – it lets me know I’m doing something right.Read More…

  • By Maria Popova
  • May 19, 2014
  • Posted in science
  • Also tagged , Books, Culture, Design, Dogs, illustration

How Dropbox knows you’re a dirty pirate, and why you shouldn’t use cloud storage to share copyrighted files

Over the weekend, it emerged that Dropbox has the ability to stop you from publicly or privately sharing copyrighted content — in other words, Dropbox has a system in place that prevents piracy. At first, this sounds rather sensible, but when you thin…Read More…

  • By Sebastian Anthony
  • March 31, 2014

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