Google accused of bio-piracy
According to an article in Slash Dot Google has been accused of being the biggest threat to biodiversity this year for its plan to create a searchable database of genetic information. From an article in Znet: ‘Google was presented with an award as part of the Captain Hook Awards for Biopiracy in Curitiba, Brazil, this week.
The organisers allege that Google’s collaboration with genomic research institute J. Craig Venter to create a searchable online database of all the genes on the planet is a clear example of biopiracy.
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