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Some other farmer's trash blows into my field, it's mine.
by quantified 4y ago
Some other farmer's trash blows into my field, it's mine.
- pfdietz 4y agoAnd if you then spray Roundup on that trash to concentrate the patented trait, you've deliberately violated the patent.
- UncleEntity 4y agoJust like selling a used book violates the copyright?
- pfdietz 4y agoNo, obviously not like that at all. In particular, growing plants is copying them. Also, patents are not copyrights.
- quantified 4y agoI entered no contract with the patent holder. I get what you're saying from that perspective. It's just BS.
- pfdietz 4y agoYou don't get out of obeying the law just because you didn't sign anything. Nor is really really wanting to a justification for violating the law. Patented seeds are not something you would have come up with yourself. This is pure envy creating a sense of entitlement.