[Nettime-bold] Re: <nettime> Planet destroyed; film at 11

[Carl Guderian <carlg@vermilion-sands.com>]

The activists are right, but they've got it backwards. It's *ADM &
Monsanto* who will sue every farmer in the world for patent infringement
and win. 

Meanwhile, we're committing copyright violations with every bite. It's
Napster, only with food. For sticking it to the Man, this is even easier
than signing online petitions!

Yours in factory fresh goodness,

Carl


David Mandl wrote:
> 
> Truly awful news in today's New York Times:
> 
> ---------------------
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/10/business/10GENE.html
> 
> As Biotech Crops Multiply, Consumers Get Little Choice
 .
.
 .

> One last note: According to one activist quoted in the NYT piece:
> 
> "But the liability will kill [the seed/chemical companies]," he
> said. "We're going to see lawsuits across the Farm Belt as
> conventional farmers and organic farmers find their product is
> contaminated."
> 
> Yeah, let's sue them.  That'll fix the problem.
> 
> I encourage everyone to read the NYT article.  The quotes from
> industry spokespersons are unbelievably brazen.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>    --Dave.
> 
> --
> Dave Mandl
> dmandl@panix.com
> davem@wfmu.org
> http://www.wfmu.org/~davem
> 
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