Reply To: Open gaming mini license

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But isn’t that kind of the point (about mp3s)? The music industry realised it had to embrace the technology or get left behind and miss out? It tried to fight it (with lawsuit after lawsuit) and eventually realised it had to get onboard or become irrelevant.

The primary argument – at the minute – against larger companies like GW embracing print-at-home is that there’s no way they can protect their IP from being copied (ok, the main argument being made here is that resin printing is too much hassle – but anyone who does print-at-home would recognise that this isn’t what’s really holding the technology back.)

GW may well stick to their “we sell collectables” approach to miniatures. But they’ll then become a niche market in a niche industry, rather than the driving force. Personally, I don’t see them remaining happy with that.