Re:Non Compete Clauses Reduce Innovation
by nitrogen on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @12:54AM
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For philosophical reasons, I like using the idea of fundamental human rights to justify things more than simple pragmatism. It makes it easier to build a solid foundation of things that can be taken for granted in a human existence, making more cognitive effort available for other matters.
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People also have a universal, fundamental right to some level of property ownership. But if you equate that with the obligation never to waive it in exchange for something else (e.g. sell or give their stuff), as the GGGP was doing, then "you're doing it wrong".
There are good reasons to oppose the specific exchange of rights involved in these non-compete agreements. Pointing out the existence of the rights is not one of them, because the entire dispute is about why it should not be waive-able.