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minus-squareRentlar@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 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-squareHedup@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI’m not a farmer and I am wondering how can they enforce such copyright?
minus-squareRentlar@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThere was this famous case between a Saskatchewan farmer and Monsanto. Unfortunately he died at the age of 89.
minus-squareleftascenterlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoPlus they are engineered to prevent reseeding. So every year you buy, and if anything goes wrong you don’t even have spare seeds.
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.
Plus they are engineered to prevent reseeding. So every year you buy, and if anything goes wrong you don’t even have spare seeds.