On 10/5/05 9:59, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:

In article ,
Sacha wrote:

But your 144 fuchsias would take 144 royalty payments away from the
original
breeder ...

No, they wouldn't. Perhaps a dozen. That myth is quoted by the current
entertainment monopolists, to try to deprive the public of rights.

Note that I am not opposing PBRs in principle or most practice though,
as I said, I have seen them abused.

To the best of my knowledge, every single plant sold of Nemesia 'Bluebird'
brings Ray a payment, so every single one of those hypothetical Fuchsias
would be doing the same, I should think. Naturally, some part of that goes
to others involved in the process but each plant is worth something to its
breeder.

You are assuming that, of 144 people who buy an unnamed variety of
Nemesia at a charity sale, all 144 would buy a named plant of Nemesia
'Bluebird' from somewhere else if the charity sale did not sell any
Nemesias. Sorry, but it ain't so.

We're talking from two different viewpoints. I am simply saying that if a
plant breeder has rights over a plant, only he or she has those rights. And
if someone propagates 144 of N. 'Bluebird' plants and sell them for *their*
profit, they have taken that profit from the breeder to whom, rightfully,
they should be sending the 30p or the 10p or the 50p per plant that is
their royalty. I'm talking about propagating a plant which is under PBR
specifically, and selling it as that plant, not just something raised in a
yoghurt tub.
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