A friend writes: One of the problems with corporations - they are trying to patent human DNA...

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And she doesn’t understand that this is a problem caused by government, possibly because I haven’t explained it well.

Any comments?

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The Ethical Case Against Intellectual Property (by David Koepsell)

David talks about gene patenting from 16m49s onward.

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Just explain that patents are a government-granted monopoly. A company wouldn’t be able to have a real monopoly on virtually anything if it weren’t for government granting it and enforcing it.

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Not to mention that you’d think if homesteading applied anywhere, it would at least be your own damn DNA.