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		nobody31415926 on Nov 16, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: RIAA claims you do not own your iTunes music purch... Seed companies do exactly this. You buy their seed to grow wheat, you have a license to grow the wheat but you can't keep any of it to plant next year. You have a license to use their wheat seeds but not use the copies the plant is making.

swasheck on Nov 16, 2011 | [–]

Yay Monsanto. Not only this, once you licence their seed, you are no longer able to use non-Monsanto seed.

superkarn on Nov 17, 2011 | | [–]

Some info

- http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/ListArchives/0311/msg0... - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/business/18seed.html

jeza on Nov 17, 2011 | [–]

This would be genetically engineered wheat?

nobody31415926 on Nov 17, 2011 | [–]

No any wheat - otherwise any seed company would only ever make a single sale

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