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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

So uhh... hypothetically if one were to live next to a cornfield and acquire some seeds from said field cough somehow cough, would those purely hypothetical seeds grown in one's garden then constitute corn piracy?

Asking for a friend of course.

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan 2 points 20 minutes ago

You wouldn't download a corn would you?

[–] The_v 6 points 3 hours ago

Saving seed for the farms own use is expressly allowed under plant variety protection and patent laws in the U.S.

This is why the seed companies created contracts that they require all growers to sign before being allowed to purchase GMO crops. The prohibition from saving seed is from the signed agreement not from the patent or PVP.

Say if you got grain from the farmer for your bird feeder. Then if you happen to use the grain as seed to plant some for next year's bird feeder

completely legal. You are not bound by the agreement between the farmer/seed company. Unless you try to sell the grain/seed to another person. Then you are in violation of the seed companies patent in the U.S.

Remember that corn shows a severe amount of inbreeding depression. So the F2 plant will not produce as much as the farmers F1 did the year before.