Monsanto and other biotech companies are creating strains of grain with a specific DNA, patenting the DNA, and preventing farmers from replanting the offspring of the seeds. But can you really own DNA? And if mutations occur to the DNA, are the offspring really the same DNA?
No. (Technically, the answer may be yes, but I'm saying here that it should be No. And we should allow them to do that.)
The process for creating the DNA-specific seeds should be patentable, but once you buy the seeds, you should be able to do whatever you want with them. It just doesn't seem right that you restrict what people do with stuff they buy. (yes, I'm talking to you too, Apple).
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