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Absolutely disgusting!!! The very notion of "copyright" being applied to life forms is the antithesis of freedom. A clear case of government, of the corporatio
by D9u 13y ago
Absolutely disgusting!!!
The very notion of "copyright" being applied to life forms is the antithesis of freedom.
A clear case of government, of the corporation, by the corporation, for the corporation.
The People be damned!
Soybeans are living beings, and have been around longer than Monsanto, and the US government, combined.
As such, humanity in general should claim infringement of our unalienable right to cultivate whichever seeds we find upon the face of the Earth, without fear of prosecution by multi-national corporate interests.
- jlarocco 13y agoI haven't thought about it enough to decide whether I'm for or against patenting genetic modifications. That said, the farmer in this case knew what he was getting into when he signed up with Monsanto. He obviously supports the concept because he was buying patented, modified seeds from Monsanto. He signed the contract with them, then he broke his end of the deal. It seems like an open and shut case.
- D9u 13y agoHe didn't purchase the offending seeds from Monsanto, so he should not have to pay Monsanto, the people who sold him the contaminated seeds are at fault.
- jlarocco 13y agoBut he signed a contract saying he would only buy the modified seeds from Monsanto and their resellers. He explicitly agreed not to do what he did. If it were a third party farmer who hadn't signed a contract with Monsanto then this case would be completely outrageous. But that's not what happened. I don't think the case is about the seeds as much as everybody has made it out to be. He previously signed a contract limiting the ways he could acquire modified seeds, and he broke the contract.