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Comment by jayfuerstenberg | Hacker News Reader

Monsanto is taking advantage of nature's proliferation to claim increasing ownership of what was originally an abundant resource (plant life).

Taking anything that is naturally abundant and making it artificially scarce is perverse and evil.

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If I create a robot that makes more robots and sell you said robot... Should I get to claim ownership of all the robots said robot creates?

Update: So why would I Bother inventing and patenting said robot! To prevent others from creating and using said robot for commercial purposes. I'd then find a business model or revenue stream elsewhere. Said patent would be to protect my other revenue model. I just wouldn't sell any of my robots. Ad a non practicing entity is formed...

No, they are not. GM seeds are not "naturally abundant".

He just said that: "Taking anything that is naturally abundant and making it artificially scarce"

How exactly are they making "naturally abundant plant life" scarce?

By making their seeds more profitable, they are given an unfair advantage. People replace their natural seeds with GM that happen to depend on their pesticides and then forbid you to recultivating 2nd generation seeds. So they become dependent on GM seeds, which are scarce. That process can also be described as taking something that is naturally abundant and making it artificially scarce. Next question.

Monsanto doesn't have competitors, now? It has a monopoly on GM seeds and can charge whatever it wants without a hit to its bottom line? Really?

I never said GM seeds are naturally abundant.

I said "plant life" was.

They are now.

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