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from what i understand, seed cleaning is part of a process to extract seeds from a harvested crop. monsanto did not sue that man for cleaning seeds, they sued
by andylei 15y ago
from what i understand, seed cleaning is part of a process to extract seeds from a harvested crop.
monsanto did not sue that man for cleaning seeds, they sued that guy because he marketed his services to farmers using monsanto seeds, claiming that those farmers could extract seeds from their harvest to avoid buying more monsanto seeds.
however, when you buy seeds from monsanto, you sign an explicit agreement saying that you won't do exactly that. the result of the case was that the court barred the indiana man from cleaning monsanto seeds, not all seeds in general. from what i undestand, they didn't even collect any damages from him, conditioned on him not cleaning monsanto seeds in the future.
- kreek 15y agoThe main problem I have with Monsanto is that in many areas they are they only game in town. In some cases even following the rules will get you sued http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110927/01185716104/monsanto-wins-patent-dispute-against-farmer-who-bought-legal-seeds.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110927/01185716104/monsan... So yes Monsanto win most of their cases, it does not make them ethical.
- inconditus 15y agoInterestingly, this ties in with the music industry. Just as Monsanto "licenses" their seeds, and puts a prohibitive contract with what they can do with it or not, the music industry, DRM, etc.
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