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Monsanto to be charged with biopiracy in India

EagleAye said:
I hear you and I relate. But if someone is granted the right to take something that is freely available, turn around and charge the same people for the use of that same thing, then it is only fair to insist on charging a fee for the use of the original source material.

Just charging for the seed itself and leaving it at that sounds fair to me. If you took the time to collect the seed, store it and distribute it, then you should be paid for that effort. But Monsanto doesn't leave it at that. They like to claim no one else can have this seed (at one time freely available - like the wheel) and drive the people who feed nations out of business with outlandish litigation. India isn't being unfair. Monsanto is. India's legal action is simply re-applying Monsanto's own legal exploit. If Monsanto doesn't like it, they need only look at themselves.
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Well, I don't believe in turning living things into IP.
So I'm with you on that.
Although I do think they should be able to sell it, just not patent it.
 
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