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Re:Amazon added a non-compete after the employee entered the... by ma2rten on Sunday June 14, 2020 @12:46PM (#23519161)
How does that work? I have a hard time believing this. If they employee writes a sci-fi novel in their free time, does the company own the copyright for that?
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Re:Amazon added a non-compete after the employee entered the... by dec0dedab0de on Sunday June 14, 2020 @01:01PM (#23519304)
This is why we need a union. If you take my contract word for word my company owns the copyright for photos of my family vacation, the awful songs I wrote with some friends a few years ago and even this comment.
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