Thread: Yes, you bought it but is it yours?

Anything built to last isn't really "yours" per se, just in your posession for a lifetime. Straight razors are a good example; a vintage razor is "yours" just as it was somebody elses in the 19th century when it was brand new, not to mention the owners in between. Long after you are gone it will pass on to somebody else.

It reminds me of a lyric from a great song by one of my favourites, Neil Young (surprise, surprise ) called This Old Guitar:

"This old guitar ain't mine to keep
It's mine to play for a while
This old guitar ain't mine to keep
It's only mine for a while"

Here is interesting example relating to plant seeds.

http://www.worc.org/userfiles/Unders...ent%202-06.pdf

And here are a couple of quotes.


Farmers accept all the terms of the Technology
Agreement (TA) by signing it or simply opening
a bag of Monsanto’s seed. Farmers have no
opportunity or rights to negotiate the terms of the
contract.


Patents
afford Monsanto ownership of its GM seeds even after a farmer purchases and plants the seeds.

There is no time limit to this contract—Monsanto
can review a farmer’s documents, fields and
crops even after the farmer has stopped growing
Monsanto’s seeds.

I grew up on a farm but haven't farmed in years. I have heard of this and this thread got me interested in looking into it further. This is one of the first things I have found and will have to continue looking.

Tim

Hi. I know it's on a tangent, but when I saw the thread title I thought it was about the concept of not ever owning anything really. I like the idea that I'm a caretaker of the old vintage stuff I have like razors and cameras; just until someone else comes along and looks after it all when I'm gone. I'm also caretaker of my little 1.4 acre plot of land, not owner...Just thought I'd make that comment, even though it's irrelevant really...

[EDIT], that's supposed to say a quarter of an acre, not 1.4 acres! I'm no Landowner!!!