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Ubisoft Injuncts Tremblay For Joining Vivendi

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the a-man's-gotta-work dept.

simoniker writes "According to an Ubisoft statement, the company has obtained an injunction against Martin Tremblay, who recently left as Ubisoft Montreal head to run Vivendi Games, in an attempt to enforce a non-compete clause. This is particularly notable/ironic because Tremblay was in charge of Ubisoft Montreal's previous aggressive attempts to enforce its non-compete for game developers who left to join EA Montreal - the whole situation again brings up the discussion of whether non-compete clauses are at all sensible."

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  1. Stupid by The+Snowman · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I don't know about the legality of such clauses since I am not a lawyer (but I am inclined to think they are legal), but I do think they're dumb. What it does is close doors for the employee. Fired? Don't like your job? Too bad, you can't work for a competitor. While this doesn't lock the employee out of the industry entirely, it does restrict them from a specific area, for example, game companies, security companies, OS companies, etc. So you have tons of C++ and graphics experience working for a game company? Well now you can learn a whole new skillset with Java, Oracle, AJAX, etc. and go write web applications. Sure, it's still programming, but it's totally different technology, different programming paradigm, and requires time to adjust.

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    1. Re:Stupid by hyfe · · Score: 2, Insightful
      (but I am inclined to think they are legal)

      They are in the US. They're not here in Norway.

      I'll take Socialism and Civil Rights over the right to be fucked over any day.

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  2. So here's what I want to know. by MAXOMENOS · · Score: 4, Insightful
    What's this guy supposed to do between now and when his NCA expires?

    Wait for Godot?

    Work in another field?

    Hope that two years of letting his valuable skills sit unused won't affect his marketability?

    Eh?

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  3. Re:-My- rights online?? by bunions · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This whole thing is inane. If you don't like an element of a contract, don't sign it. If you DO sign a contract and think to yourself "this section'll never stand in court" then you can't really complain when you wind up in court.

    I wish him luck, I think NC clauses are dumb, but the last time someone asked me to sign one, I just crossed out that section and went on with my life. He's simply paying the price for signing something he didn't want to agree tol

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