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1) If I sell you a CD, does that give you a legal right to make as many copies as you like? 2) You're free to plant non-Monsanto soybean seeds.
by penny500 14y ago
1) If I sell you a CD, does that give you a legal right to make as many copies as you like?
2) You're free to plant non-Monsanto soybean seeds.
- jayfuerstenberg 14y agoMonsanto is taking advantage of nature's proliferation to claim increasing ownership of what was originally an abundant resource (plant life). Taking anything that is naturally abundant and making it artificially scarce is perverse and evil.
- penny500 14y agoNo, they are not. GM seeds are not "naturally abundant".
- stagas 14y agoHe just said that: "Taking anything that is naturally abundant and making it artificially scarce"
- penny500 14y agoHow exactly are they making "naturally abundant plant life" scarce?
- stagas 14y agoBy making their seeds more profitable, they are given an unfair advantage. People replace their natural seeds with GM that happen to depend on their pesticides and then forbid you to recultivating 2nd generation seeds. So they become dependent on GM seeds, which are scarce. That process can also be described as taking something that is naturally abundant and making it artificially scarce. Next question.
- penny500 14y agoMonsanto doesn't have competitors, now? It has a monopoly on GM seeds and can charge whatever it wants without a hit to its bottom line? Really?
- jayfuerstenberg 14y agoI never said GM seeds are naturally abundant. I said "plant life" was.
- redblacktree 14y agoThey are now.
- jrs235 14y agoIf I create a robot that makes more robots and sell you said robot... Should I get to claim ownership of all the robots said robot creates? Update: So why would I Bother inventing and patenting said robot! To prevent others from creating and using said robot for commercial purposes. I'd then find a business model or revenue stream elsewhere. Said patent would be to protect my other revenue model. I just wouldn't sell any of my robots. Ad a non practicing entity is formed...
- michaelbuddy 14y agoYeah in this case, Monsanto beans were mixed in with regular seeds he planted that he bought from a grain elevator. It's ridiculous. RTA
- jayfuerstenberg 14y agoHerein lies the problem. Mixed seeds are still partially owned by Monsanto. This is why we should never be able to patent life.
- makomk 14y agoYou can certainly plant non-GM seeds from Monsanto, but planting seeds that aren't from Monsanto or one of the other massive seed supply companies will get you into legal trouble because chances are they're contaminated with Roundup Ready soybeans.
- penny500 14y agoIf you get it contaminated unintentionally, you won't.
- lazyjones 14y agoStop lying. You will get sued anyway, you might just have a better chance of winning.
- penny500 14y agoI'm not lying. Don't call me a liar. Monsanto has the same claim on its website. You can read about the suits on Wikipedia. The suits are also public record. Sue them. Go for it. You'll rake in several hundreds of millions and billions of dollars if you can prove its supposedly blatantly misleading claim.