Re: PVP, Was: Seed collection

Cliff: You are right, If you want to be a sleaze, your too small to go after & probably will get
away with it, but does that say its right or does that just make you realize the stupidly of
law. You have legal rights, but they are to expensive (by our system) to apply to the common folk.
    This is a interesting subject, since seed's sold on e-bay, does this mean all us with seed
collections, without morals can make big money on e-bay ?????????????


At 12:49 PM 11/2/01 , you wrote:
>
>I percieve a lot of snipping here... First, lets try to be civil.
>I'm trying to compose this with a civil frame of mind. (I'm not
>shouting...)
>
>PVP (Plant Variety Protection) does not mean that only one person
>can sell a seed. It just means that that person holds the rights
>to that seed. The holder of a PVP can "license" to whomever they
>wish the right to sell that seed. The 50 or so seed companies out
>there that sell Dill's Atlantic Giant seeds necessarily need a
>license to do so, from Dill (or his company). (Correct me if
>I'm wrong.)
>
>If a non-licensed seller were to sell AG seed, I'm thinking that
>this would be technically in violation of the PVP. But this would
>be a civil matter rather than criminal. (Correct me if I'm wrong,
>which is likely.) This would mean that the holder of the PVP would
>need to take the violator to court (expensive), and sue for
>damages (hard to prove, and certainly limited given the small-time
>nature of the violator in the first place). Its likely that the
>small time seller is untouchable. Please understand, I'm NOT saying
>that its cool or even legal to do this, but just spelling out some
>realities as I understand them.
>
>Finally, I think its safe to say that there will always be
>excellent and free AG seed available. This hobby (sport) will not
>die. Too many good people out there will ensure that.
>
>Regards, Cliff in Idaho
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Thanks,
Bill Van Iderstine
P.E.I. Record Holder @ 945 lbs. 2001

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