Re: Holy Crap - Monsanto really wants its all!!!

Posted by paul on June 21, 2003 at 06:41:14 from (209.23.145.34):

In Reply to: Holy Crap - Monsanto really wants its all!!! posted by ShepFL on June 20, 2003 at 15:46:26:

Monsanto does NOT sell Round-Up Ready
seed. They lease it. You get to rent the seed
for one year. It is a very long, very complex
legal document, which gives Monsanto all the
rights, & takes away any rights or protections
farmers had in normal business dealings.
You are liable for _anything_ that goes wrong,
from marketing issues to pollen drift & so on,
Monsanto 'gives' you all that - but retains
ownership of the seed and dictates what you
can do with it & it's offspring. They can inspect
your property for at least 3 years (no warrent
needed) and all the fines & penalties are
already agreed to by you. Should you be
accused, you are guilty until you prove yourself
innocent. It's a really sweet contract....

Am I mad at Monsanto? No.

75% of the beans out there are RR. Farmers
can't fall over themselves fast enough to sign
their rights away. Well, duh.

If you want to understand the concept,
remember the licencing agreement you
signed by clicking on a box for using Microsoft
products? _EXACT_ same deal.

You do remember that document, don't you?
With Windows XP, it doesn't even work, unless
MS gives you a pass code. And they don't
_have_ to give you the code. You only bought a
$150-300 shiny plastic disc. You agreed to get
nothing else.

Same deal with the Monsanto agreement.

The govt went pretty far to get consumer
protection for regular sales; so business
came up with the lease idea, to get around all
those protections. I suppose in 50 years we'll
have a few consumer protection laws that deal
with leases.

Wait until livestock become GMO. We ain't
seen nothing yet.....

--->Paul

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