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Story: Google accused of bio-piracy

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I agree with Jeremy.

Pharmaceutical giants hoard this kind of info because it's like gold to them. They are the real pirates...steal information from public universities and then bury it in patents. What google is doing is anti-piracy...take the info and make it available to eveyone. Knowledge is power...and if it's access is limited, it's power is concentrated with the keepers and everyone else is at the mercy of their judgement. It's like open source vs. microsoft. If anyone can veiw the code it's easier to catch the funny business. When Microsoft sends you updates do you really know whats in there? The more checkers the safer we all are...especially when it comes to genetics. If someone gives you a new food, don't you want to know what's in it! If scientists know what other scientists are doing it's easier to find out who's playing Jekyl and Hyde (based on the guy how discovered the anetshetic use of ether, too much personal use and went crazy...just a factioid)

Aside from all of this maybe these Brazilians just have bad english because piracy as a definition doesn't even fit this scenario. Maybe I should look that up in portugese.

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