Patent for a Pig
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The American biotechnology firm, Monsanto, has applied for a patent for pig breeding in 160 countries. The patent is for specific parts of the genetic material of pigs which Monsanto’s genetic researchers have decoded. If this patent is granted, pig breeding would be possible with the approval of the company.
Farmers and breeders are naturally alarmed because these genes have long existed in the great majority of their pigs. Using DNA tests they can prove that there is no new invention in the patent applications but that, instead, granting this patent would be to allow a part of nature to fall into the hands of a single company.
Monsanto’s influence on the patent offices is huge. If the patent is approved, money will have to be paid to Monsanto for every pig in the world carrying this genetic marker. This has long been the case for certain feedstuffs, such as genetically modified maize. Many farmers in the US have already become dependent on the company. It is not merely a question of money, however, but also a question of the risk posed to consumers. In America, as in Europe, cases of infertility in animals fed with genetically modified maize are becoming increasingly common. No-one yet knows what effects such products are having on humans.
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Farmers and breeders are naturally alarmed because these genes have long existed in the great majority of their pigs. Using DNA tests they can prove that there is no new invention in the patent applications but that, instead, granting this patent would be to allow a part of nature to fall into the hands of a single company.
Monsanto’s influence on the patent offices is huge. If the patent is approved, money will have to be paid to Monsanto for every pig in the world carrying this genetic marker. This has long been the case for certain feedstuffs, such as genetically modified maize. Many farmers in the US have already become dependent on the company. It is not merely a question of money, however, but also a question of the risk posed to consumers. In America, as in Europe, cases of infertility in animals fed with genetically modified maize are becoming increasingly common. No-one yet knows what effects such products are having on humans.
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…..We cannot allow Monsanto to patent another biological creature. In fact…we should be trying to strike down any patents already secured by them. What Monsanto has done is figured out a way to charge for natural selection and nothing more. They are creeps and are no less frightening than Frankenstein!!!!
I hate Monsanto with a passion and would love to watch their empire crumble.
I did not watch the video and I will tell you why:
Patent law is not a law at all. Patent-offices are just another for-profit corporation that you need not pay attention to. If you don’t have any contract with a patent office specifically restricting your freedom then you can create, breed or sow and name it whatever you want. Acts are not law. Statutes are not law. They need your CONSENT. Illegal or legal doesn’t matter, if its LAWFUL you can do it. Please for your own sanity’s sake research and spread info about how law works. I’ll recommend Mary Croft’s book “How I Clobbered Every Bureaucratic Cash-Confiscatory-Agency Known To Man” and Robert Menards youtube channel as a good start. You were born free and an equal to the rest of humanity. The authority forced upon you is an illusion.