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As far as I'm aware it only applies to genetically modified seeds, but I still think it's rediculous. You mean to tell me that if something is genetically modified by someone else, they own it? That's an excellent precedent. When we become able to eliminate diseases through gene therapy of unborn children parents will have to decide whether they want their kid to be susceptible to alzheimer's or if they'd rather have the true authority over their child lie in the hands of Medicorp X. No thanks. When I purchase a physical property, I have complete ownership of that physical property. This even still applies to CDs - you OWN the CD and can do absolutely whatever you want with it, you simply don't own the content of it. Likewise, the purchaser of genetically modified seeds owns the physical seeds. They simply do not have the right to look at the genetic modificiations and make profit off of them. At least, tha's the way any reasonably thinking person would want the situation to be. I don't see this as being any different than if you paid $20 for a CD and, despite there already being laws to keep you from claiming the content as your own, they say you have to pay another $10 every year you want to keep the physical CD.
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