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> 5) Monsanto is very legally aggressive defending its seed patents, since why would anyone pay to license their seeds if you can just steal it? Monsanto spent
by flyinghamster 8y ago
> 5) Monsanto is very legally aggressive defending its seed patents, since why would anyone pay to license their seeds if you can just steal it? Monsanto spent a lot of money developing the science for roundup seeds.
Or, alternatively:
Farmer Joe plants heirloom seeds that are quite rightfully his. Farmer Bob plants patented GMO seeds, which then cross-pollinate with Farmer Joe's heirloom crop. Next year, Monsanto sues Farmer Joe into oblivion (or otherwise forces him into pay-pay-paying them forevermore) for "stealing their technology."
- SparkyMcUnicorn 8y agoYes. It's nearly impossible for farmers corn to NOT cross-pollinate.
- throwawayjava 8y agoI don't really have a horse in this race., but if you're going to make this point, you really should be responding to parent's 6th point, not parent's 5th point. Parent already answered this criticism.
- cm2012 8y ago"6) Monsanto has never sued someone for accidentally having round-up seeds (cross contamination). They have an amazing win rates on their lawsuits specifically because they only target cut and dry cases."
- jcranmer 8y agoMonsanto isn't doing that. If you actually look at the cases that Monsanto sues, it's not "Joe noticed some of his non-GMO crop was getting cross-pollinated from GMO crop, so he told his workers to spray glyphosate like mad on the non-GMO crop and collect the stuff that remained."