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Re:Epic Games to Pay $245M for Tricking Users into Making Un... by ClumsyPilot on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @10:12PM (#35177340)
> I understand this perspective, but my opinion is that the company running things is responsible for the people working under their banner.

Companies like Uber claim that the people are self employed when it suits them, and that they are not when it doesn't.

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Re:Epic Games to Pay $245M for Tricking Users into Making Un... by JohnFen on Friday March 17, 2023 @01:14PM (#35199941)
True, but I'm saying that the employment status of them isn't relevant. It's a "buck stops here" situation.

If people are working under their banner, regardless of whether those people are contractors, employees, volunteers, whatever, then in the end the company is responsible for what they do.

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