1 - In what way was he making money from it (I played there, never had to pay, didn't have to look at ads or anything.)
2 - Copyright and trademark infringement aside, I'd be careful about going after some of these people - Sony have "recently" done that and lost their trademark on walkman in Austria (and derivatively elsewhere - I'll just include the brandchannel article)
Kinda makes you wonder about the iPod dunnit? iPod is becoming a victim of it's own success with regards to naming. Many people here in NZ refer to all mp3 players as iPods... weirdos.
"Stop this bellyaching about your freedom. You don't have the "right" to keep your job."
Except of course you do if you are fired for misconduct or gross misconduct and blogging is not defined as such in your HR document or contract.
Come on people it's not difficult. You have the right to say what you want about your employer. It might have consequences (in NZ it's tantamount to career suicide cos it's so small a place), but unless the employer has a clause stating "you may not blog about us" or "public remarks that the employer deems defamatory are deemed misconduct" then you're pretty safe. Of course, this doesn't stop the company "performance managing" you out of a job.
The First amendment (in the US - and remember this isn't true across the other 190 countries of the world) protects your right to say what you want. The laws governing libel and slander protect an entity's right to protect itself. Firing someone for blogging something defamatory or libellous is fine ONCE the offence has been established. Otherwise it is pre-emptive and illegal (unless as before it contravenes the employer's rules)
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Jared's closed the site.
1 - In what way was he making money from it (I played there, never had to pay, didn't have to look at ads or anything.)
2 - Copyright and trademark infringement aside, I'd be careful about going after some of these people - Sony have "recently" done that and lost their trademark on walkman in Austria (and derivatively elsewhere - I'll just include the brandchannel article)
Kinda makes you wonder about the iPod dunnit? iPod is becoming a victim of it's own success with regards to naming. Many people here in NZ refer to all mp3 players as iPods... weirdos.
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"Stop this bellyaching about your freedom. You don't have the "right" to keep your job."
Except of course you do if you are fired for misconduct or gross misconduct and blogging is not defined as such in your HR document or contract.
Come on people it's not difficult. You have the right to say what you want about your employer. It might have consequences (in NZ it's tantamount to career suicide cos it's so small a place), but unless the employer has a clause stating "you may not blog about us" or "public remarks that the employer deems defamatory are deemed misconduct" then you're pretty safe. Of course, this doesn't stop the company "performance managing" you out of a job.
The First amendment (in the US - and remember this isn't true across the other 190 countries of the world) protects your right to say what you want. The laws governing libel and slander protect an entity's right to protect itself. Firing someone for blogging something defamatory or libellous is fine ONCE the offence has been established. Otherwise it is pre-emptive and illegal (unless as before it contravenes the employer's rules)