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Monsanto Wins Case Over Patented Canola
c writes "The Supreme Court of Canada says that you're liable if a plant with a patented gene infects your property. If you recall, Schmeiser claims (and research supports) that Roundup Ready canola seeds infected his own crops. Monsanto prosecuted him for patent infringement." Some other links: Monsanto's press release, Globe and Mail story.
Its actually a technology known to monsanto as "Roundup Ready technology" which comes from the latin "im a fucking poncy shit who needs a slap" and "to fuck a dead pig in the ass". Their press release claims that he did not pay the "required license fee for using the technology". Now i know monsanto doesnt write the law, and they are just like any other compnay - trying to make the highest buck without giving a shit who they trample on so i dont hate them personally, but if a hord of 400 hippies stormed their building and burnt it to the ground i would probably have a smile on my face for the rest of the day. Really what would make me more happy is if the governments and general population would stop selling themselves out and have the slightest moral decency to see how totally fucked up gene-patenting is.
I can certainly see a trend in the future economy: the rich will get richer, the middle-off will get poorer and the poor will get lost. maybe im just pissed off because i didnt think of this first. If i had patented something stupid like "one click sexual gratification" i could have made millions, but i would probably feel guilty knowing how much of a prick i was being (heh)
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Nope, that's Canadian money. Something like three dollars US.