Since when is gene info private? (Score 1)

First, I can see very well why personal genetic information including "Which genes does John Doe have?" shouldn't be put online and would very well be a serious infringement (sp?) of privacy, but it still has nothing to do with piracy.

Second, I admit I have no knowledge whatsoever regarding genetics, but logically there is a small (read: huge) difference between putting someone's genetic information online and putting genetic information online. When you put someone's genetic information online the entire world can read his profile and see what diseases or flaws he or she might have or, like someone said here earlier, make an online matchmaking service based around genetic compatibility. When you put genetic information online, the entire world can retrieve information regarding a certain gene and that would still be quite useless for anything other than scientific or medical purposes.

That has nothing to do with privacy, since it's a GENE, it's not YOUR gene or MY gene, it's just a gene in general and what it does. Sure, patented things might not go into the database, but I still see no connection whatsoever between an online genetic database search through google, piracy, privacy and/or evilness.

So, like it has been said a few posts earlier - April Fools came early this year? ;)