ABSTRACT
This chapter begins a history of human watermarking, as an introduction to how watermarks can be used to control the human body. It discusses the State that regulates the development of biotech 3DP through intellectual property (IP) law and then discusses how this IP law creates an 'uncanny valley' where there is limited copyright protection. This protection is often necessary for the legal provisions relating to watermarks to apply. This influences the ability of the State to be able to directly use watermarking for the purposes of controlling the human biotech body. The chapter examines proposals for legal reform and outlines that wider protection for watermarks is something that is desirable, if not necessary, for the biotech human but that there are significant dangers of abuse. 3D printing provides a means to customise the human body to a degree that has not previously been possible, and digital watermarking provides a means to monitor that customisation.
