Re: Wow! Stupid or What?! GM Threat

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From: Annemarie
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 08:22

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"Steve Withers" <swithers@mmp.org.nz> wrote in message
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> John Cawston wrote:
> >
> > Annemarie wrote:
> >
> > > I wonder if the farmers could sue Monsanto for contaminating their un
GM
> > > modified crops, so another words instead of just trying to defend the
case
> > > come in with a countersuit (cripes how do you spell that?)
> > > If it was a certified organic farmer especially I think they could
have a
> > > good case.
> >
> > First. The Court accepted that the farmer had saved seed he brought from
> > Monsanto in 1997, stored it and later sowed it in defiance of patent. It
was a
> > case of theft.
> >
> > The Court established clearly that this was the case and that accidental
> > pollination was a specious excuse.
> >
> > An open and shut case.
> >
> > JC
>
> Thanks....none of that was mentioned in the news story.
>
> Steve
>
Agreed, glad to have got to the bottom of this one.

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From: "Annemarie" <annemarie.butler@paradise.net.nz>
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