Tackling counterfeit seeds with “unclonable” labels

> There have been many attempts to prevent this counterfeiting through tracking labels, but none have proved effective; among other issues, such labels have been vulnerable to hacking because of the deterministic nature of their encoding systems. But now, a team of MIT researchers has come up with a kind of tiny, biodegradable tag that can be applied directly to the seeds themselves, and that provides a unique randomly created code that cannot be duplicated.

MIT are "helping" prevent counterfeiting.

The thing is that nature allows for farmers to keep seeds back to grow next year. By preventing seeds from being used the following year (either physically or legally), and by selling those authorised seeds - ie by inserting oneself into a natural process in order to monetise it - you then move that natural process into the legal, with IP rights, big aggra profiteering, etc.

The whole system that has been/is being created is so bizarre and immoral. If you have a better product, then let people vote with their money. But instead the attempt is to prevent farmers from accessing their own seeds, preventing their use of that seed, contaminating the environment so that only your 'roundup ready' crops can survive in the toxic conditions, etc.

If the governance system we have was acting for freedom, and if it had some morality, surely it would be supportive of farmers and the right to grow one's own food. But the opposite is true - as we see here, counterfeiting (as if it was a song) is the problem that needs to be addressed to ensure that IP holders are able to continue receiving their profits and increase their control despite the carnage they have wreaked on local farming.