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minus-square Rentlar ( @Rentlar@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink20•1 year agoMy only worry is biotech companies expecting royalties or something from “their gene” of crop at every harvest. The genetic modification company’s ownership/patent of their seed product should end as soon as it is in the ground.
minus-square Hedup ( @Hedup@lemm.ee ) linkfedilink2•1 year agoI’m not a farmer and I am wondering how can they enforce such copyright?
minus-square Rentlar ( @Rentlar@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink7•1 year agoThere was this famous case between a Saskatchewan farmer and Monsanto. Unfortunately he died at the age of 89.
minus-square Hedup ( @Hedup@lemm.ee ) linkfedilink2•1 year agoThat’s so BS. So now any competitor can just blow some seeds into farmer’s field and ruin their farm with copyright strikes.
My only worry is biotech companies expecting royalties or something from “their gene” of crop at every harvest.
The genetic modification company’s ownership/patent of their seed product should end as soon as it is in the ground.
I’m not a farmer and I am wondering how can they enforce such copyright?
There was this famous case between a Saskatchewan farmer and Monsanto. Unfortunately he died at the age of 89.
That’s so BS. So now any competitor can just blow some seeds into farmer’s field and ruin their farm with copyright strikes.