Please tell me you simply neglected to leave off the [sarcasm] [/sarcasm] tags. I'm not a Monsanto fan by any means, but I really doubt they genetically engineered a crop-killing fungus.
No. What they've done is engineer their plants to be resistant to Round-Up. They have used to the drift of these seeds and spores onto other farms' land as an excuse to sue for copyright infringement (successfully, I might add). Farmers unable to pay the astronomical civil damages imposed have had their assets seized.
Yes: you can now patent DNA combinations. Yes: courts will uphold corporate claims to intellectual property on same. Yes: farms have been seized. Monsanto is a fucking monster.
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No. What they've done is engineer their plants to be resistant to Round-Up. They have used to the drift of these seeds and spores onto other farms' land as an excuse to sue for copyright infringement (successfully, I might add). Farmers unable to pay the astronomical civil damages imposed have had their assets seized.
Yes: you can now patent DNA combinations. Yes: courts will uphold corporate claims to intellectual property on same. Yes: farms have been seized. Monsanto is a fucking monster.