Open Seeds: Biopiracy and the Patenting of Life

A s the world begins to digest the implications of intellectual property for online censorship, another IP issue threatens an even more fundamental part of our daily lives: our food supply.
Backed by legal precedent and armed with seemingly inexhaustible lobbying funds, a handful of multinationals are attempting to use patents on life itself to monopolize the biosphere.

Open Seeds: Biopiracy and the Patenting of Life

The oft-neglected legal minefield of intellectual property rights has seen a surge in public interest in recent months due to the storm of protest over proposed legislation and treaties related to online censorship.
One of the effects of such legislation as SOPA and PIPA and such international treaties as ACTA is to have drawn attention to the grave implications that intellectual property arguments can have on the everyday lives of the average citizen.

RF/Global Research

Schlagwörter # Genetic Engineering, Gentechnik, Health, HighTech, International Law, Internet, Medicine, Medizin/Gesundheit, Science, Wissenschaft