The Rise Of Intellectual Property By Carla Hesse Summary
The Power of 3D Printing
By: Maiyia Thao
English 102-045
Fall 2014
-Imagine a machine that has the power to create any object of your desire.
-This machine is capable of printing almost anything; from the tiniest of objects such as a cell to objects that you can walk into, such as a house.
-With this machine, just the push of a button can give you a 3D printed barbecue grill, a t-shirt, a pair of shoes, jewelry, an acoustic guitar, a bike, iPhone 5 case and card holder, a car, a prosthetic arm, candy, an ear, a jet plain turbo engine, camera lens, a shakuhachi flute; which is a Japanese flute made out of stainless steel, 3D figurines from children’s drawings, a light, a clock, sculptures, coffee cups, a pair of high heels, a scarf, and …show more content…
Carla Hesse’s article, "The Rise of Intellectual Property” provide a history about intellectual property focusing on the area of 700 B.C. to A.D. 2000. Hesse explains the coming of intellectual property and how IP was viewed in the Middle Ages. She discusses two varying perspectives of IP. The first perspective she explores IP laws from a social utilitarian point of view. She states that creators are given rights over their ideas because in doing so other creators are encouraged to generate more ideas. According to this perspective, we should just give enough protection for just long enough to original ideas to encourage the creation of new ideas. The other perspective Hesse explores is that ownership of an idea is an inherited and natural right that creators should have forever because an idea is the most personal of all possessions and therefore should be linked with its creator forever. Hesse points out there were no such disagreement in the Middle Ages because ideas were generally seen as divine gifts. Also, in the Middle Ages an author generally believed it is his duty to share his ideas as a gift to the community. The concept of an idea as a gift rather than a service might be useful as a framework for establishing IP rights in 3D printing. Also, Hesse’s two varying perspectives on intellectual property can be applied to intellectual property in 3D
By: Maiyia Thao
English 102-045
Fall 2014
-Imagine a machine that has the power to create any object of your desire.
-This machine is capable of printing almost anything; from the tiniest of objects such as a cell to objects that you can walk into, such as a house.
-With this machine, just the push of a button can give you a 3D printed barbecue grill, a t-shirt, a pair of shoes, jewelry, an acoustic guitar, a bike, iPhone 5 case and card holder, a car, a prosthetic arm, candy, an ear, a jet plain turbo engine, camera lens, a shakuhachi flute; which is a Japanese flute made out of stainless steel, 3D figurines from children’s drawings, a light, a clock, sculptures, coffee cups, a pair of high heels, a scarf, and …show more content…
Carla Hesse’s article, "The Rise of Intellectual Property” provide a history about intellectual property focusing on the area of 700 B.C. to A.D. 2000. Hesse explains the coming of intellectual property and how IP was viewed in the Middle Ages. She discusses two varying perspectives of IP. The first perspective she explores IP laws from a social utilitarian point of view. She states that creators are given rights over their ideas because in doing so other creators are encouraged to generate more ideas. According to this perspective, we should just give enough protection for just long enough to original ideas to encourage the creation of new ideas. The other perspective Hesse explores is that ownership of an idea is an inherited and natural right that creators should have forever because an idea is the most personal of all possessions and therefore should be linked with its creator forever. Hesse points out there were no such disagreement in the Middle Ages because ideas were generally seen as divine gifts. Also, in the Middle Ages an author generally believed it is his duty to share his ideas as a gift to the community. The concept of an idea as a gift rather than a service might be useful as a framework for establishing IP rights in 3D printing. Also, Hesse’s two varying perspectives on intellectual property can be applied to intellectual property in 3D