In the news: Life imitating art imitating life

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Those who took me up on the Suarez's Daemon/Freedom recommendation will get a kick out of this article. I think it's a development of the case that originally sparked Suarez's imagination. In a nutshell, should a farmer who bought some soybean seeds on the open market pay royalties to the company which genetically engineered and licensed the original generation of the seeds if he intends to plant them?