18 May 2026
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Biopiracy 2.0: Synthetic Biology, Pharmaceuticals, and the Geopolitics of Life
The use of piracy as a word for copyright infringement or unauthorised copying of resources (which will end up in profit) started in the 17th century. Over two centuries later, the founder of the ETC Group coined the word “biopiracy” to describe the corporate theft of physical biological resources and traditional knowledge from the Global…