VOA慢速英語:3D打印技術生產汽車合法性的考量

From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report.
美國之音，英語教學，這里是科技報道!
There are increasing calls for lawmakers to reconsider copyright laws that protect the owners of 3-D printing designs. But there is also concern that extensive laws could suppress new ideas. 3-D printers have spread from scientific labs to industrial workshops to private homes. And prices of 3-D printers continue to drop.
越來越多的人呼吁立法者重新考慮版權法，以保護3D打印技術的版權所有人。但也有人考慮過度的法律會限制新的想法的誕生。3D打印機被廣泛應用于科學實驗室，工廠以及家庭。3D打印機的價格也在持續(xù)下降。
Designers demonstrate a large number of different machines at 3-D print shows. There are models that can produce complex copies of human organs. There are less costly 3-D printers that make toys for children or parts for home electrical devices.
在3D打印展上，設計者展出大量各不相同的機器。有些可以制造復雜的人類器官。還有些相對便宜的可以制造孩子的玩具或者家用電器的零部件。
One German automaker recently demonstrated an example of a car structure printed in one piece. And a Chinese manufacturer advertised a house created in a 3-D printer.
一家德國汽車制造商最近展示了一體打印的一種汽車部件。而一家中國制造商在宣傳一種3D打印機造出來的房子。
With the help of computer, almost anyone can print exact copies of many kinds of objects. But they also violate the law in doing so.
有了電腦的幫助，幾乎每個人都可以精準制作出許多物品的復件。但是這樣做是違背法律的!
Julie Samuels is a lawyer with the civil liberties group, Electronic Frontier Foundation. She says people should be careful about what they create when using 3-D printers.
Julie Samuels是電子前沿基金會的律師，這是一家公民自由組織。她說，人們在使用3D打印機的時候，應當注意自己是在打印什么。
"If a certain design that you want to print is covered by copyright, then if you print that you are infringing, arguably, someone's copyright," said Julie Samuels.
“如果你想要打印的東西有某種設計版權，那么你的行為就是侵犯他人的著作權。”
But 3-D companies are concerned about passing more restrictive copyright protection laws. They think these laws could place bans on the rights of citizens. They also believe restrictive copyright laws could suppress technological invention.
但各3D技術公司擔心會通過更嚴格的版權保護法。他們認為這些法律會限制公民的權利。他們還認為，過于嚴格的版權法會限制技術發(fā)明。
Cydni Tetro is the founder of the website 3DPlus.me. She says she expects to see special permission documents for 3-D printing very soon.
Cydni Tetro是3DPlus.me這家網站的創(chuàng)始人。她表示自己希望很快就可以看到對3D打印的特別許可文件。
"All of those companies are in very active engagements right now about how they'll deploy 3-D printed products over the next year, and we're going to see that," said Tetro.
Tetro說到“所有那些公司都在就明年如何部署他們的產品進行積極協(xié)商，我們拭目以待!”
Diego Porqueras designs 3-D printers. He says owners of 3-D printers and copyright owners should reach an agreement.
Diego Porqueras參與設計3D打印機。他表示3D打印機所有者與其版權所有者應當達成一項協(xié)議。
"If companies really take advantage of that and just charge nominal fees to download your favorite character off 'Star Wars' and 3-D print it, I think that's going to prevent a lot more piracy," said Porqueras.
Porqueras 說“如 果真正利用這些優(yōu)勢，只要象征性付費就能從《星球大戰(zhàn)》下載自己喜歡的角色并打印出來，我認為這將能阻止很多盜版。”
The lack of legislation related to 3-D printing will not stop the technology from spreading, but experts say they hope new laws will not punish people for printing a copy of something for their personal use.
3D打印技術相關立法的缺失不會使這項技術停止傳播，但是專家表示他們希望新的律法不會去懲罰那些打印一些東西自己用的人。
And that's the VOA Learning English Technology Report. For more technology stories, visit our website chinavoa.com。
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