Reply #188: You are OK with stealing. We've already established that, remember?

[MajorChode]

Let's not try to change the rules in the middle of the game here, OK? Remember, these are your rules.

I can already tell you how different it would be.

The case would be thrown out of court on day one as completely and utterly frivolous and he would have been ordered to pay Monsanto's legal bills because Monsanto didn't put jack shit on his field. It would be roughly the equivalent of you suing Bush Baked Beans because your neighbor got drunk and took a shit on your front porch after a 4th of July picnic.

Had he actually sued his neighbor for contaminating his crop, he might have had a case(although since he intentionally propagated those seeds all over the rest of his farm it's hard to imagine how). The judge suggested as much. It would have made no difference to the fact that he knowingly and intentionally stole Monsanto's intellectual property. If you had actually taken the time to read and comprehend the ruling, you might know these things.

The farmer didn't counter anything because he had no basis to do so. His own lawyer told him he was fucking up BEFORE he was sued by Monsanto and he continued to use patented seeds contrary to his own lawyer's advice he paid for. Again, if you had actually taken the time to read and comprehend the ruling, you might know these things.