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Re:Google claims copyright on employee side projects by sidlls on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @09:06AM (#21824908)
It’s not just a claim on some pseudo-equivalence with respect to hourly rate. It’s a claim on the possible future earnings resulting from the activity.
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Re:Google claims copyright on employee side projects by shadowgovt on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @09:30AM (#21825155)
Future earnings that would be reflected in the share values of the stock that Google granted to the employee that created the copyrightable material.
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