**I would support lynching of the first scam artist who seriously proposes that farmers should pay an IP fee for every carrot he produces.**
Start boiling the rope: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_breeders%27_rights
I think it’s a reasonable deal to spur development of new varieties—you come up with a new variety, you can profit off your work for 20-25 years, after which it becomes the property of all mankind.
It’s worse than that.
If a farmer’s organic corn crop is contaminated by Monsanto’s GM corn pollen, Monsanto will sue the farmer.
And win.