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This just goes to show the west has blatant cultural disregard for intellectual property - this was daring IP theft, calculated to displace the innovative Russi

This just goes to show the west has blatant cultural disregard for intellectual property - this was daring IP theft, calculated to displace the innovative Russian rhubarb industry and costing it millions of pounds /s

Terr_ 8y ago
(The original copyright holder could not be reached for comment, despite significant prayer.)
- ecocentrik 8y ago
  Litigious food makes my stomach turn. There's plenty of incentives in the market to innovate in the GMO space without legal protections, as there have been for thousands of years. Absent those protections, GMO development would probably see more cooperation innovation without hurting the speed of innovation. Regional protections for product labeling make a lot more sense (vidalia onions...) and improve competition while still benefiting large growers.
desas 8y ago
This is nothing compared to how we stole tea from China. For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History was a good read about that.
- kwindla 8y ago
  And rubber. _The Thief at the end of the World_, the story of "bio-pirate" Henry Wickham, who smuggled rubber seeds out of Brazil in the 1870s, is a great read.[0] [0]-https://www.amazon.com/Thief-End-World-Rubber-Empire/dp/0670018538/ https://www.amazon.com/Thief-End-World-Rubber-Empire/dp/0670...
dredmorbius 8y ago
See Ha-Joon Chang's Bad Samaritans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Samaritans:_The_Myth_of_Free_Trade_and_the_Secret_History_of_Capitalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Samaritans:_The_Myth_of_Fr... "Free Trade" and strong "intellectual property" regimes are tools of economically dominant, not upstart, countries. Related: Chamber's Encyclopaedia, Editorial Statement, Revised Edition, 1874: Or a 19th Century Edit War https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/4xe2k1/chambers_encyclopaedia_editorial_statement/ https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/4xe2k1/chamber... ("Free trade" plays a role.)

Terr_ 8y ago

(The original copyright holder could not be reached for comment, despite significant prayer.)

ecocentrik 8y ago
Litigious food makes my stomach turn. There's plenty of incentives in the market to innovate in the GMO space without legal protections, as there have been for thousands of years. Absent those protections, GMO development would probably see more cooperation innovation without hurting the speed of innovation. Regional protections for product labeling make a lot more sense (vidalia onions...) and improve competition while still benefiting large growers.

desas 8y ago

This is nothing compared to how we stole tea from China. For All the Tea in China: How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History was a good read about that.

kwindla 8y ago
And rubber. _The Thief at the end of the World_, the story of "bio-pirate" Henry Wickham, who smuggled rubber seeds out of Brazil in the 1870s, is a great read.[0] [0]-https://www.amazon.com/Thief-End-World-Rubber-Empire/dp/0670018538/ https://www.amazon.com/Thief-End-World-Rubber-Empire/dp/0670...

dredmorbius 8y ago

See Ha-Joon Chang's Bad Samaritans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Samaritans:_The_Myth_of_Free_Trade_and_the_Secret_History_of_Capitalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Samaritans:_The_Myth_of_Fr... "Free Trade" and strong "intellectual property" regimes are tools of economically dominant, not upstart, countries. Related: Chamber's Encyclopaedia, Editorial Statement, Revised Edition, 1874: Or a 19th Century Edit War https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/4xe2k1/chambers_encyclopaedia_editorial_statement/ https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/4xe2k1/chamber... ("Free trade" plays a role.)