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<blockquote data-quote="2/B or not 2/B" data-source="post: 703239" data-attributes="member: 7233"><p>You can just call someone a doomsdayer and disregard them completely or you can consider the reasons behind their concerns. I didn't spend a lot of time searching for examples for you, just the one I'm most familiar with. <a href="http://www.percyschmeiser.com/conflict.htm" target="_blank">http://www.percyschmeiser.com/conflict.htm</a> </p><p></p><p>Percy Schmeiser is a canola farmer from Saskatchewan, also a seed saver who uses his own seeds year to year. He was sued by a GMO seed producer for copyright infringement after RR canola spread into his fields. He was told he couldn't save his seeds anymore and would have to pay the company's technology fees. Seems it would have been easier for this older gentleman, who is near retirement, to roll over under the legal weight of a giant, but he risked all he had and stood up to fight for his principles. The ability to save seed and replant each year without needing permission or a contract is one way we and others can safeguard the ability to feed ourselves. Trying to take that ability away, under the guise of copyright protection, seems quite concerning to me. But maybe I'm just a doomsdayer too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2/B or not 2/B, post: 703239, member: 7233"] You can just call someone a doomsdayer and disregard them completely or you can consider the reasons behind their concerns. I didn't spend a lot of time searching for examples for you, just the one I'm most familiar with. [url]http://www.percyschmeiser.com/conflict.htm[/url] Percy Schmeiser is a canola farmer from Saskatchewan, also a seed saver who uses his own seeds year to year. He was sued by a GMO seed producer for copyright infringement after RR canola spread into his fields. He was told he couldn't save his seeds anymore and would have to pay the company's technology fees. Seems it would have been easier for this older gentleman, who is near retirement, to roll over under the legal weight of a giant, but he risked all he had and stood up to fight for his principles. The ability to save seed and replant each year without needing permission or a contract is one way we and others can safeguard the ability to feed ourselves. Trying to take that ability away, under the guise of copyright protection, seems quite concerning to me. But maybe I'm just a doomsdayer too. [/QUOTE]
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