Submission + - Stop asking for my submisson at the page top
Nethead writes: "You haven't accepted one of mine in 10 years."
Submission Summary: 0 pending, 16 declined, 3 accepted (19 total, 15.79% accepted)
Submission + - Tribes vie for control over plant DNA rights
Nethead writes: "The Everett (Washington State) Hearld reports that tribes could gain trademark control over all future use of native plants. Tulalip Tribes claim that the Treaty of Point Elliott guarantees their world patent rights on native trees, flowers, shrubs and even weeds — the DNA of every plant that naturally grows on tribal land. The tribes already have put the case before the United Nations.
If the tribes have their way the future could hold virtual borders through which the plants — and their genetic codes — could not pass without tribal permission. "We not only have a property right to the plant, but also an intellectual property right to the use of the plant," said Terry Williams, a Tulalip tribal leader on environmental issues. "Any breakdown of that plant to look at what generates medicinal purposes of that plant in the genes, that's our right as well.""
If the tribes have their way the future could hold virtual borders through which the plants — and their genetic codes — could not pass without tribal permission. "We not only have a property right to the plant, but also an intellectual property right to the use of the plant," said Terry Williams, a Tulalip tribal leader on environmental issues. "Any breakdown of that plant to look at what generates medicinal purposes of that plant in the genes, that's our right as well.""
Submission + - Seattle Times: pay for antivirus software
Nethead writes: "Ignoring ClamWin, Seattle Times Patrick Marshall suggests in his technology column that users pay for antivirus software. He states that paid software is "especially critical in protecting yourself from emerging viruses.""
