mindbleach comments on U.S. researchers say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time. Built with lab-made DNA, it can feed, grow, and multiply.

submitted 4 months ago by Lugh@futurology.today to c/futurology@futurology.today

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People own individual animals, or even large groups of them, but no one claims ownership of an entire species ~ will that change?

If you've genetically engineered it yourself - does that mean you own all individual creatures created with that DNA?

Think this is an arcane concern? I bet the people who'll want to make money out of this tech won't be thinking the same way.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 months ago

This news is the preamble to so many science-fiction horror stories, and the scariest thing they can mention is intellectual property laws.