Comments | kafkadreams: Thinking about the future which is happening right now.

kafkadreams

Thinking about the future which is happening right now.

Jan 04, 2010 11:00

I'm all for Frankenfoods as I'm pro-progress. Sure there's plenty of Science Fiction doom of the earth plots that can be speculated about as tampering with God's creation brings the wrath of the OmniDeath, but that's pretty darn unlikely ( Read more... )

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I get that lifeofreilly January 4 2010, 18:33:12 UTC

I understand your concern. I really do.

"GMO's are often patented, copyrighted, trademarked, and branded as corporate IP in effective perpetuity by the companies that develop them."

How does a the development of such technology and foodstuff come about except by the spending of hundreds of millions of dollars? If private industry doesn't do it, frankly I don't believe it will happen at any reasonable pace.

If a company invests that kind of capital on a product- does it now have a right to reap the rewards commensurate with it's risks and forethought? How else *should* it be handled such that it is fair to the company, it's stockholders and the end users of the IP in question?

Re: I get that kafkadreams January 4 2010, 19:09:09 UTC

Companies should make a profit from their investment, and individuals who own, opperate, and work for said companies should derive a benefit from their labor ( ... )

Re: I get that lifeofreilly January 4 2010, 19:19:15 UTC

"What if a copyrighted/patented trait expressed itself in a non licensed crop or field due to natural cross breeding or husbandry? Would the grower be required to purchase a liscense ( ... )

Re: I get that stacymckenna January 5 2010, 00:21:56 UTC

Much of the political uproar over patented crops is the fact that they then claim rights/royalties on all of those field where their pollen drifted due to wind and has "contaminated" other non-GMO crops (corn being the most difficult as it's wind pollinated, but soy also being a major issue). Many smaller operators who were still saving their own seed for years are now being fined for having GMO -identifiable seeds despite never buying any from the majors (primarily Monsanto). I'm all for Monsanto being able to raise and sell their engineered seed at a premium price, but if they want to guarantee that no one gets any without paying, I say let them screen their fields and be responsible for keeping their strains out of the general drift. If they can engineer stuff that ONLY grows when you add one of their other chemical additives (a variant on what's commonly referred to as a "terminator" gene - something that prevents seed saving by average users), more power to them. When that kind of gene naturally intermingles with other folks' non ( ... )