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Re:75-year-old soybean farmer sees Monsanto lawsuit reach U.... by latch on Monday February 11, 2013 @03:13AM (#5199893)
No I'm not. All I know about them is what gets press coverage, which is pretty bleak. No doubt in a meta sense there's been some benefits in the concentrated pooling of resources even with strong IP litigation.

Still, what I suggest isn't unfathomable. The company doesn't even have to be altruistic...even if their sole goal is profit, I think there should be some affordances to protect them.

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Re:75-year-old soybean farmer sees Monsanto lawsuit reach U.... by danielharan on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @02:32AM (#5205663)
Given their crimes, I'd actually want to revoke their charter.

We allow people to get limited liability for joint enterprises. This is a privilege. Either we put real people in jail, or we start revoking charters.

Protecting unaccountable institutions because their greed might result in good things is a complete abdication of governance and simple common sense.

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