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How P2P Can Taint a Career

Posted by timothy on from the how-far-sighted-of-them dept.

duncan writes "After appearing on the BBC news review program Newsnight to discuss the recent Grokster case, Alex Hanff returned to work the next day and was promptly sacked because 'his presence within the company could count against it when bidding for big government contracts.' Read more at The Guardian"

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  1. How WWW Can Taint A Corporation by nokilli · · Score: 5, Funny

    Build a website that catalogues all the evil shit corporations do to employees, so that consumers get to know about the evil shit and take their business elsewhere.

    Call it something like, whodotheyfuckoverwiththemoneyyougivethem.com, only shorter, while making sure the word stealth appears nowhere within.)

    It it catches on, then corporations would be afraid of how their treatment towards employees could count against the way consumers look at them.

    Fight fire with fire.

    1. Re:How WWW Can Taint A Corporation by nokilli · · Score: 2, Funny

      True that.

      I guess what I was thinking of is something that consumers might want to use as a portal.

      The ideal scenario is some kind of PDA-gadget they take with them to the market to compare the prices at that store with others in the same area, or for web purchases, something that interjects at the point-of-purchase.

      That would be the perfect time to say, "Yes, Cocoa-Puffs ARE cheaper here, but did you know they anally rape their employees with weed whackers?", or something like that.

    2. Re:How WWW Can Taint A Corporation by xiando · · Score: 2, Funny

      Your resistance against clean air, fresh drinking-water, biological diversity and richness on earth is noted. You are extremely evil and I would like to take this opportunity to point out to you that todays capitalistic system is fundamentally wrong and totally futile because it neglects to hold legal persons (corporations, industry and normal persons) accountable for the damage they do to the earth and biological diversity in the making of their products. Until laws are passed who tax or forbid plundering of the earth the only method of contributing to a sustainable development remains being the cash vote. The cash vote is your right to vote for one corporation over another corporation because of how you feel, environmental concerns and other reasons. While I am at it, you can also vote for a sustainable development without spending money by recycling.

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    3. Re:How WWW Can Taint A Corporation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      This supposed site would have so many unfounded and just plain WRONG accusations you wouldn't know what was true and what wasn't anymore, making it useless.

      Welcome to Slashdot.

    4. Re:How WWW Can Taint A Corporation by penix1 · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's already patented by the US Postal Service. Wouldn't want to infringe and all...

      B.

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    5. Re:How WWW Can Taint A Corporation by Beyond_GoodandEvil · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hello, the tree you were just hugging called. It is feeling abandoned, so please go back to hugging said tree, and stop posting on /. thanx.

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    6. Re:How WWW Can Taint A Corporation by bladesjester · · Score: 2, Funny

      Besides, swords are more fun and a lot more stress relieving =]

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  2. please understand by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    now before you go writing me off as a troll please hear me out. i have pleaded. god knows i have tried. its seeming really hopeless..i don't know if i can take it anymore and i am hyperventilating. the dupes on slashdot are way out of hand. something needs to be done (via slashcode, moderation, SOMETHING FFS) to stop the dupes. this is really affecting me. please stop duping.

  3. He didn't get fired for sharing files... by Tezkah · · Score: 3, Funny

    He didn't get fired for sharing anything. He got fired because he earlier run what seems to have been a BitTorrent tracker in his spare time, was sued over it (in a civil case, not a criminal case), and didn't tell his employer when they interviewed him, so they only found out when he talked about it on a TV show.

    He argues that he didn't have to mention it since it doesn't have anything to do with his employer, and I think depending on how the interview went exactly, he's probably right. If they actually asked him about whether there were any civil cases pending against him and he lied and said no, then it's understandable that he got fired (it's not like it's a personal question, after all); but if they didn't, then I really think it's their own fault, and he's right in any case when he says that the whole thing simply doesn't affect his employer in any way.

    In any case, it's important to note that he did not himself share any files. He got fired for going into dupe slashdot comments and stealing the +5 moderations.

  4. The Real Question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Could this open some eyes and increase interest in alternative (Linux, Mac) offerings?

  5. Re:18 hours, not bad ;) by aichpvee · · Score: 3, Funny

    When calling people moron you might want to not make up words like "noone". But I guess name calling and misspellings are easier than actually having a reasoned argument.

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  6. In other news... by Tune · · Score: 4, Funny

    In other news...
    ...Oh no wait, the other news is actually the same.

    Sigh.

  7. I have an Idea... by abandonment · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have an idea - how about a post on how the horrific spelling on slashdot can harm a career?

    Seriously, the spelling and grammar on this thread is either indicative of how riled up people are about this topic OR it is a sign of how slashdot use can seriously harm your brain...

    It's IDEOLOGY, not 'idiology' people - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideology

    Perhaps they meant 'idiot-ology'...a common ailment of slashdot users...

    Ugh...it's amazing how mad people can get while flaming others on a forum while making themselves look like complete idiots...

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