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To: Grainne who wrote (102201)	4/29/2005 3:16:27 AM
From: Kid Rock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

sorry - was posting from Times Square again and didnt get back to SI until just now I cast no aspersions on your "site" (LOL) when I read your "articles" closely, I usually find bias so extreme that all "facts" and "conclusions" lose there value, in my opinion here is an example from your current "article" While historically the Iraqi constitution prohibited private ownership of biological resources, the new US-imposed patent law introduces a system of monopoly rights over seeds. an intellectual property right or "patent" is NOT a "monopoly", but the right to own, to make, to use, and sell that invention for a set period of time, granted by a government. Yes, the word monopoly can connote this idea of excusivity, but in its purest definition, this is not what a monopoly is your "article", however, takes this loose use of the word and in the next paragraph says The term of the monopoly is 20 years for crop varieties and 25 for trees and vines. During this time the protected variety de facto becomes the property of the breeder, and nobody can plant or otherwise use this variety without compensating the breeder. This new law means that Iraqi farmers can neither freely legally plant nor save for re-planting seeds of any plant variety registered under the plant variety provisions of the new patent law. [4] This deprives farmers what they and many others worldwide claim as their inherent right to save and replant seeds. Its NOT a monopoly but the right to own the new seed/plant. The Iraqi farmers cannot replant a patented seed. it then goes on later to say This kind of PVP system is often the first step towards allowing the full-fledged patenting of life forms. full-fledged patenting of life forms? if I create I life form ( and I have created 5), you better believe I own them at least for 18 years