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Google Accused of Bio-piracy

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ahoy-maties-turn-over-those-ribonucleic-acids-if-you-please dept.

Simon Phillips writes "ZDNet is reporting that Google has been accused of being the 'biggest threat to genetic privacy' this year for its plan to create a searchable database of genetic information. From the article: 'Google was presented with an award as part of the Captain Hook Awards for Biopiracy in Curitiba, Brazil, this week. The organisers allege that Google's collaboration with genomic research institute J. Craig Venter to create a searchable online database of all the genes on the planet is a clear example of biopiracy.'"

5 of 248 comments (clear)

  1. May I suggest.... by Mattygfunk1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gnetics?

  2. Torrents. by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

    OK, if theres piracy going on, wheres the torrent stream?

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  3. What do Bio-pirates say? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess they're after some Yarrr-NA.

    Ouch, sorry about that :)

  4. Re:Yup. Sounds to me... by networkBoy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Best explanation I could think of as well.
    I read this and said WTF?
    then I read teh story and said WTF?
    then I read your comment and said Ahhh!
    -nB

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  5. Torrent stream by jfengel · · Score: 5, Funny

    In my pants.

    [Apologies. Crude, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity.]