If people can just take their technology and grow it again themselves, there is no way for them to recoup their investment and we simply won't have better crops

If people can just take their technology and grow it again themselves, there is no way for them to recoup their investment and we simply won't have better crops. Thousands of years of selective breeding refutes the above statement. It's not always about ROI. Some of us just like variety. I do agree with your sentiment, it's just the legal aspects that I dislike. Oh for a world without money & greed!