Re: Hmmm
The sheer lack of logic in this is actually quite mind numbing.
It assumes the object existed in solid, 3D form, not just data. And was scanned to make a one-off transmission copy of something that has been made.
The originator, who presumably would own the rights to this widgit, and has the original design data anyway, destroys his own (unneeded) copy in a rather extravagantly complicated way. (A hammer is cheaper and a blowtorch easier).
The recipient, i.e. the person who may wish to breach the copyright, has exactly what he would have had with a conventional 3D printed or even shipped product. So for them nothing will change.
Further, if the object can be reproduced from a 3D scan of the original, it can also be reproduced by a 3D scan of the product. The sort of things about the design that would prevent them scanning a copy would prevent scanning the original.
Have I missed something? Was this written for publication on 1/4/15 and sent out in error?