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Fired from an IP Law Firm for Anti-DRM Views?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the protecting-corporate-interest dept.

dchallender writes to tell us that Inga Chernyak, recently featured in a VillageVoice piece entitled "Code Warriors", has been fired from an IP firm in NYC for having "incompatible views". From the article: "I was, and still am, a student interested in the scope of copyright law, and determined to pursue a career in the field. I wanted to gain an understanding both of the theory of copyright, which my work with FC provided, and its practice. The firm exposed me to the day to day operations of an IP lawyer, and I was nothing if not receptive to these lessons. I was baffled that someone saw fit to fire me over an expression of dissenting views. Doesn't the field become richer when the wider spectrum of legal thought is explored and encouraged?"

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  1. What did she expect? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Hey, I work for the DEA, but in my spare time I an editor for High Times"

    -Another asshat

    About the same thing.

    1. Re:What did she expect? by networkBoy · · Score: 2, Funny

      "I don't sit at work (defense contracting company) and read anti-war websites all day"

      Not to be captain obvious here, but have you noticed what site you posted this on?
      ;-)
      -nB

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    2. Re:What did she expect? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      If she worked for a Criminal Law firm should she believe that murder is acceptable?

      Yes, if the firm defends murders.

      It's the state that prosecutes murder cases.

  2. shocked I tells ya by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am utterly shocked to learn that there are lawyers out there whose sole motivations are money and power, and that they don't care to further advance the development of society as a whole...

    (society as a hole, on the other hand...)

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  3. Translation by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're not a greedy bastard like us, sorry. You're fired.

  4. Re:Fired for dissent at a law firm? Well, duh! by soft_guy · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, if its 'good for your career' its ok to be a robot?

    I don't care whether it is good for my career or not, being a robot would be totally awesome.

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  5. Re:Poor Job Fit? YES! by wiggles · · Score: 4, Funny
    From Ghostbusters:
    Janine Melnitz: Do you believe in UFOs, astral projections, mental telepathy, ESP, clairvoyance, spirit photography, telekinetic movement, full trance mediums, the Loch Ness monster and the theory of Atlantis?

    Winston Zeddemore: Ah, if there's a steady paycheck in it, I'll believe anything you say.