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Comment Re:The farmer's recourse is to sue to sell (Score 1) 579

This would seem to explain the seemingly low dollar amount discussed here. I expected anything from Monsanto, and in the realm of huge dollars swings involved in farming to have a giant dollar amount attached to it. The MPAA must be calling Monsanto's lawyers a bunch of amateurs. Should have been a few thousand per seed per year.

Comment Re:The farmer's recourse is to sue to sell (Score 2) 579

I was thinking that the elevator would have a reselling license that forced them to force the contract terms downstream. It seems that selling these as feedstock allowed them to not impose the license/contract restrictions, and therefore allowed them to sell the beans below the market rate. The farmer then gets the seeds under no contract, but is expected to not plant them.

Comment Re:The farmer's recourse is to sue to sell (Score 5, Insightful) 579

I was wondering why Monsanto didnt sue the elevator instead. Obviously sueing your distributor and claiming they have no right to sell is a short sighted activity, but they are the ones who violated the contract. I just cant wrap my head around the concept that you can purchase something not under contract, that someone else can then come along and sue you for having purchased under incorrect terms.

I guess the car analogy is that if you buy a stolen car, you are in possession of a stolen vehicle , but the real wrong doer is the guy selling 50 stolen cars on his used car lot.

Comment Re:Just a few seconds to react (Score 1) 177

not all missiles have to reach the ground to deliver their destruction. This seems to be most useful at a distance from the target, in between the suspected launch point and target. Depending on the range of motion, that could nearly double the amount of time to destroy the missile. Like you say, this may require slowish missiles, and a somewhat low trajectory to stay in range. Still, portable tracking, aiming, and power is impressive.

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