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submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Them:

A big problem is that farmers are not allowed to use the corn and and grain which they grew themselves on their own field as seeds.

You:

There is so much wrong with this claim . . . intellectual property agreement attached to it. You're not allowed to save modern non-gmo seeds

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Them, replying to a post about GMO-seeds: "you're not allowed to save these seeds"

Me: "That's not a GMO thing, you're not allowed to save any seeds".

Also, I don't think that's a good thing at all. Most IP law is detrimental.