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Non-Competes As the DRM of Human Capital
An anonymous reader writes "Techdirt has an interesting look at how non-compete agreements are like DRM for people, doing just as much damage to innovation as DRM has done to the entertainment industry. It includes links to a lot of research to back up the premise, including some studies showing that Silicon Valley's success as compared to Boston's can be traced in part to the fact that California does not enforce non-compete agreements."
The company I work for made me sign an agreement before I was hired. Anything I do or create belongs to them while I am at work or even if I create something that deals with my industry on my own time, it's theirs. This post...yea... belongs to them.
Slashdot is too nerdy for me.
Apparantly my employer requires everything I make (software-wise) for them be public domain. I'm not sure if it covers my off hours as well. I like my employer better.
Self proclaimed typo king, and inventor of the bear destroying coffee table (patent not pending).
That reminds me of the note I have taped to my monitor:
Warning: Do not look into goatse with remaining eye.
"Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai