[105162] in Cypherpunks
genetic copy protection
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Honig)
Sat Nov 7 16:22:05 1998
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 12:49:23 -0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: David Honig <honig@sprynet.com>
Reply-To: David Honig <honig@sprynet.com>
A patent on a means to produce seeds which germinate, but
which produce plants whose seeds are sterile, was
reviewed in Science, p 850, 30 Oct 98 vol 282.
The trick is that the seeds are genetically engineered,
and the seeds are 'activated' by an antibiotic (which
acts like a signal). The purpose is to copy-protect
other engineered genes in the organism.
US pat 5,723,765
David Honig
"When horsemeat is outlawed, only outlaws will eat horsemeat"
