First off, my family hasn't been 'hawking' beans on the 'market.' That would be the counterfeiters and rip-offs doing that. No one in my family is sitting pretty in the lap of luxury and definitely no one in my family has gotten rich off of hawking beans. And actually in comparison to most the growers and seeds distributers who've used my family's genetics to make money, we actually have been doing this shit for free and as a passion and hobby.
And how many strains out there have been made using as you've stated our '9' strains, too many others to count or keep track of. How much money has been made off those '9' strains, too much to track.
As far as the reaching out with an internet or marketing presence or lack there of considering me and my family's business, what has the incentive been? Are we really going to lose sight of the fact that cannabis is an internationally illegal substance? Are we really gonna lose sight of the fact that as a premier genetics proprietor we're under constant scrutiny and attack from the authorities and con-artist alike?
As far as legal venues opening, oh yes...that is happening. Hence my conversation here. That's what this is all about. You all know our business has a plethora of untapped genetics, no? What will become of these genetics? Will we continue to offer them as a passion, hobby and gift....? That will remain to be seen as to where the current atmosphere of con-artists take us from here.
Pirating movies and music seems a little different that pirating a breeders work whom never got paid for that work. And the pirating aside, who gives a fuck about that, personally, I don't. What I do care about is people attempting to steal my family's brand and the work my father did. Hell, the Blueberry is already everywhere, nothing will ever change that. And Im stoked so many people will get to enjoy it for what's it worth. What I can't stand are people who talk shit and sully the name of my father and his efforts in an attempt to discredit his work so they can steal credit for it themselves.
As far as patenting goes, obviously it will change our attitudes towards breeders once corporate interests step in and start patenting the genetics of the plant we've all come to love. And once that happens we will find a whole new founded respect for breeders like Dj who did it all without patenting and who gave away their work so that others could enjoy it.
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