[msandford]

There was unintentional wind blown spreading to begin with, how else would he have gotten roundup ready genes into his soybeans that didn't have it?

I agree that he had plenty of intent. But he doesn't seem like the kind of guy to buy the seed from Monsanto first for his "devious" scheme.

Personally I kind of agree with him. If you broadcast a TV show over the air you don't get to cry foul if people watch it. Don't want unauthorized parties getting your genes? Don't let your plants spew them out.

[dkonofalski]

Not that it undermines your point, but it wasn't soybeans, it was corn. And, as far as the wind blown spreading, corn doesn't pollinate that far from the source. His farm ran next to the Monsanto test farm and, while there was some wind blowing involved, the majority of the seed was gathered by taking seed from the crop next to his farm and by forcefully killing his crops so that he could harvest the resistant corn only. Like I said, it's not as black and white as everyone likes to think it was and there was even accusations that he trespassed on Monsanto property to get the first stock of seeds and they didn't actually blow onto his property at all.