
Louis Rossman plans to use the OrcaSlicer dev takedown to reform the DMCA law in the US
The video where he tells you about it himself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td2OQpLD9ik
For those who aren't aware, Bambu Lab has threatened to send a cease and desist notice to the dev of OrcaSlicer, an open-source slicer that works as an alternative to Bambu Studio. This notice partially uses Section 1201 of the DMCA law, which declares that it is illegal to break a digital lock and carries a punishment of 5 to 10 years in prison.
Bambu Labs has absolutely zero legal basis for this, as their own Studio software is based on Slic3r, another open-source slicer which has an AGPL license. This license allows users to modify, fork, and redistribute at will with the provision that any additional restrictions are forbidden, a clause that Bambu Studios is in direct violation of with their own software and predatory practices.
Although the original dev has taken down their project, Louis Rossman has cloned the repository personally and is inviting Bambu to sue him. He plans to use this high-profile case to reform the DMCA, and is inviting everyone who wants to protect devs from stuff like this to keep the DMCA prominent in discussions about the lawsuit.
Here's the link to the Consumer Rights Wiki about Section 1201: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/DMCA_Section_1201
Edit: My mistake, it appears the threat was against the fork of OrcaSlicer 'Orcaslicer-bambulab', not OrcaSlicer itself. The fork bypasses Bambu Connect, middleware that Bambu requires for print jobs to be sent from OrcaSlicer on local networks. Here's the Consumer Rights Article written by people who did more research than me: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Bambu_Lab_Authorization_Control_System#Cease_and_desist_against_the_OrcaSlicer-bambulab_re-enablement_project