Except that if the RIAA could/would actually put a musician
out of bussiness, that musician could do another line of
work to earn enough money to eat.
What Monsanto is doing, basically, is redisigning crops to
work on their behalf. Whenever a crop can develop properly due to the proliferation of roundup resistant weeds, you
have to buy the newest crop from them again, wether you like it or not.
Also there is the (theoretical) risk that someday they
won't be able to keep up with resistance, which could
curtail food supply, and won't make a difference wether you
can purchase it or not.
What Monsanto is doing, basically, is redisigning crops to work on their behalf. Whenever a crop can develop properly due to the proliferation of roundup resistant weeds, you have to buy the newest crop from them again, wether you like it or not.
Also there is the (theoretical) risk that someday they won't be able to keep up with resistance, which could curtail food supply, and won't make a difference wether you can purchase it or not.