[publius911]

Whereas creating a novel, useful and non-obvious idea involves no effort, no materials, no education, no experience, takes no time and deserves no reward.

That was a stupid statement when it was first expressed, and it is a stupid statement today.

You are confounding the general with the specific.
The proper comparison is the concept of writing, vs growing food. Neither can be copyrighted.
The ideas and value to others, the product of writing, is another subject altogether.

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So you think ideas should be free to all, and than no one should benefit from thinking?

The idea of making something on your own 3-D printer is free.

Therefore any design you steal and print should be free as well?

Got it.

As long as the guy who put in all the effort to make sure the part can be made, the guy who made the drawings, the guy who verified form, fit and function, the guy who translated the drawings into a machine build-able format, and thought of the design or part in the first place gets screwed, you’re happy, right?