The US has patented GMO wheat and corn. Agrotech companies have sued farmers for growing wheat from seeds that blew into their fields from a neighbouring property.
To expand on that, they likely aren't going to come after a private household. It's to keep farmers in their pocket. They will go after a commercial farm though. It borders on a subscription service to seeds. Fucking dystopia.
It's not based on country either. If lays catches you growing their patented strains of potatoes without their consent, they'll come after you no matter what country you are growing the potatoes in.
Will Lays corpos kidnap me from my country to drag me in front of a US court?
I mean, at this point, it wouldn't surprise me. Just thought Disney would do it first.
Here in Sweden that is absolutely 100% legal, it is called privatkopiering, private copying, we even pay a fee on storage media and phones to compensate for the potential loss of revenue that an artist may suffer from us doing it.
You may even share the copy within your family, but no further.
In the US, because of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, it is illegal to defeat any sort of digital copy protection. That's why it's ok to rip CDs to your iPod, but you can't rip DVDs to your computer.
It criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services intended to circumvent measures that control access to copyrighted works (commonly known as digital rights management or DRM).
It’s also how it is perfectly legal to borrow DVDs from your local library and rip those, too.
You got a source on that? I don't think that falls under fair use.
However, the owner of the copy of the book will not be able to make new copies of the book because the first-sale doctrine does not limit the restrictions allowed by the copyright owner's reproduction right.
That’s right, I forgot. It’s legal to make a backup of the DVD, but it is illegal to bypass the DRM.
But there’s some legal loophole where unless they actually witness you ripping the disc, they can’t prove that you bypassed the DRM, so they can’t really do much about that. So, it’s not exactly “legal” so much as it is “not illegal”.
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Taking the seeds of certain produce and growing them in your backyard for your own consumption
This is not illegal in the EU. There are no patents on plants in the EU.
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produce usually means fruits and vegetables
And trees usually means trees. Who knows with these guys
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Hmm fair enough
How is that illegal? So you're telling me in your country you can't buy a tomato from a store and then throw it in some soil at home?
The US has patented GMO wheat and corn. Agrotech companies have sued farmers for growing wheat from seeds that blew into their fields from a neighbouring property.
That is wild!
No, it's engineered.
Corporations have patents on their varieties. This isn’t defending the practice, just explaining it
To expand on that, they likely aren't going to come after a private household. It's to keep farmers in their pocket. They will go after a commercial farm though. It borders on a subscription service to seeds. Fucking dystopia.
certain housing associations won't let you plant such things in the ground, but if it's in a box or container it's okay
Some comments are mentioning farmers owning certain strains on crop. HOAs being dicks about as well doesn't surprise me bow that you mention it.
Certain produce
It's not based on country either. If lays catches you growing their patented strains of potatoes without their consent, they'll come after you no matter what country you are growing the potatoes in.
Will Lays corpos kidnap me from my country to drag me in front of a US court?
I mean, at this point, it wouldn't surprise me. Just thought Disney would do it first.
Maybe not Lay's but Monsanto will and has a history of winning in court.
Depends on the country tho
Ripping a DVD I own to my hard drive for my personal use.
That absolutely depends on local laws.
Here in Sweden that is absolutely 100% legal, it is called privatkopiering, private copying, we even pay a fee on storage media and phones to compensate for the potential loss of revenue that an artist may suffer from us doing it.
You may even share the copy within your family, but no further.
In the US, because of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, it is illegal to defeat any sort of digital copy protection. That's why it's ok to rip CDs to your iPod, but you can't rip DVDs to your computer.
In the United States, this is perfectly legal. It’s also how it is perfectly legal to borrow DVDs from your local library and rip those, too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act
DVDs have copy protection.
You got a source on that? I don't think that falls under fair use.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine
That’s right, I forgot. It’s legal to make a backup of the DVD, but it is illegal to bypass the DRM.
But there’s some legal loophole where unless they actually witness you ripping the disc, they can’t prove that you bypassed the DRM, so they can’t really do much about that. So, it’s not exactly “legal” so much as it is “not illegal”.
Being a US citizen permanently living in a foreign country, paying taxes to that country and not paying US taxes.
Don't you have to make >6 figures to have to pay the US anything in taxes, if you're earning the money overseas?
FEIE is like $125k usd
You have to be in the US less than 30 days a year do get that deduction.
Weed
Legal in some places
Yeah. Some places.
Like, entire countries.
Gay Marriage. I know I'm wrong, but not for long.
i hope you stay wrong. Nothing against you, but you are the absol that has brought the bad news
Visiting a country of your choosing.