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Blogger Loses Unemployment Check Because of Ads

Techdirt is reporting that one unfortunate, unemployed New York lawyer recently had her unemployment benefits greatly reduced because of the incredible $1/day she was earning via ads on her blog. "The whole thing sounds like a bureaucratic nightmare, with NY State asking her to get a form from her new 'employer' who didn't exist. Then NY Department of Labor started giving her all sorts of contradicting information, and eventually an 'investigation' into her 'business' — during which time her unemployment benefits were stopped entirely. She's now pulled the Google AdSense from her blog (total earned over the life of the blog $238.75)."

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  1. Re:So the big question is: by gnick · · Score: 3, Funny

    Old New York was once New Amsterdam. Why they changed it, I can't say.

    People just liked it better that way.

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  2. Adding Insult to Injury by jcoy42 · · Score: 3, Funny

    And so, after removing the ads from her blog (they weren't really earning much money anyway) slashdot decided to mention it on the front page..

    I bet she's thrilled.

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  3. Someone check hell by SmallFurryCreature · · Score: 5, Funny

    We just found ourselves an honest lawyer.

    Good thing to see the system is taking care of it.

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    1. Re:Someone check hell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      All I can see from this story is the following:

      Honest Lawyer = Unemployed Lawyer

  4. Re:The state is correct by knightf0x · · Score: 4, Funny

    So an honest lawyer...I guess it is true then. 99% of lawyers make the rest of them look bad.

  5. Re:Horay government by vxvxvxvx · · Score: 3, Funny

    The government better keep it's hands OUT OF MY MEDICARE!

  6. Re:An unemployed LAWYER was perhaps.... by jeffshoaf · · Score: 2, Funny

    the lawyer explosion

    Now there's something you could sell tickets to!

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  7. Re:State beauracrats are usually idiots.. by snspdaarf · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hear there is an honest, unemployed lawyer in New York. See if she can practice in Virginia, and sue Block.

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  8. Re:An unemployed LAWYER was perhaps.... by Zordak · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's not true. We both have a secretary.

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  9. Re:An unemployed LAWYER was perhaps.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    No, only one, because the other side is also a lawyer, and his opposite side already exists. If every lawyer created another lawyer, as soon as you had one lawyer, everyone would have to become a lawyer. Actually, you might be right.