I would imagine that, much like some of Double Fine's previous titles (Stacking, for one), it would be available as a downloadable title. No disks needed.
Look what happened when Gay Marriage was brought before the voters of California. This is exactly why you DON'T want direct democracy, and do want a republic.
In a direct democracy, the majority can decide what rights the minority should have.
Nobody's stopping you from opening your new factory. Many localities would welcome it.
Oh wait, you want to pay the people next to nothing, not give a damn about their safety inside the factory, and be free to belch your toxic shit all over the environment. Yeah, no. You can't do that. But to have the laughable notion that these things are somehow "anti-business" shows that you shouldn't even be managing the night shift at a Denny's.
I'm not saying it's right, or that farmers should have this liability, but apparently Monsanto thinks that farmers should bear the burden of making sure that any seeds they plant do not include Monsanto genes.
Civil case, not criminal. Different standards. One does not need to have a "guilty mind" to be found civilly liable for something. If you get into a car accident with someone, and they sue you, you do not need to have the mindset that you wanted to crash into the guy to be held liable for repairing his car.
Already happened, and Monsanto won. The guy in Canada found that some of his crop was cross-pollinated with Monsanto seed. He saved it for next year. He got fucked up the ass.
No, it's not. It's fucking evil. And it's fucking evil that anyone can even THINK of asking such terms just to sell seed.
This retarded idea you have that big business can do whatever the fuck the want has got to stop. Just because someone "agrees" to something does NOT make it right.
A lot of their claims are actually legitimate. A lot of cheap-ass farmers will buy secondhand Monsanto seed from cleaners who take second generation seed from Monsanto crops (sold by other cheap-ass farmers) and sell them at a fraction of Monsanto's price. They're essentially benefiting from all of Monsanto's research and development without paying them a dime.
How the fuck is any of that different than GameStop, or a local used records store?
It's called being civil, and being a human being. Kindness is usually appreciated far more than making ultimatums. And remember, you still have to work with these people for the foreseeable future. Giving them an ultimatum like that is a surefire way to make your day job suck a lot more.
Yes, you should draw up the amendment to the contract, but don't beat your boss over the head with it. Approach him like a person.
If you can avoid paying an attorney, I'd suggest avoiding it. Attorneys don't have magic sources of information. Look it up yourself.
A good lawyer will save you far more money than they actually cost. And for something like this, odds are they'll give you an initial consultation hour for free.
Only an idiot would actually do that. Destroying evidence is extremely bad for you, and would probably end up damaging your case far more than the real evidence would.
Everyone seems to assume employers are unreasonable and just want to exploit you, but in my experience, many employers are quite reasonable about this sort of thing.
If they really were reasonable, then they wouldn't have put such an overreaching clause in the contract to begin with.
Why should the employers feelings even come into play here? Why should we give a shit what the employer wants? They're the ones with completely unreasonable demands. They should not have the right to anything an employee does while not at the office (with very, very, very narrow exceptions for things that are directly related to the company's core business).
No. They went into negotiations telling me that my salary was covering the 40 hours a week I'm in the office. If they had tried to get that to cover the other 128 hours as well, they would have to up the amount astronomically.
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I would imagine that, much like some of Double Fine's previous titles (Stacking, for one), it would be available as a downloadable title. No disks needed.
I'm sorry, are you trying to argue that pay cuts are a good thing? You need your head examined.
Look what happened when Gay Marriage was brought before the voters of California. This is exactly why you DON'T want direct democracy, and do want a republic.
In a direct democracy, the majority can decide what rights the minority should have.
Then you can do so at your router. But why should any of your traffic get higher priority than mine?
Are you suggesting that the super-rich are not the primary beneficiaries of such shenanigans?
Nobody's stopping you from opening your new factory. Many localities would welcome it.
Oh wait, you want to pay the people next to nothing, not give a damn about their safety inside the factory, and be free to belch your toxic shit all over the environment. Yeah, no. You can't do that. But to have the laughable notion that these things are somehow "anti-business" shows that you shouldn't even be managing the night shift at a Denny's.
Except you'd need money to do that, which the 1% controls.
And who runs those shares? And who takes voting power away from the people who do have Pensions, 401ks, etc?
The manager running the fund. And odds are he doesn't give two shits about Net Neutrality, and only cares about spiking AT&T's stock price.
To make money? Your understanding of how humans work is weak, to say the least.
Again, think of a car crash.
I'm not saying it's right, or that farmers should have this liability, but apparently Monsanto thinks that farmers should bear the burden of making sure that any seeds they plant do not include Monsanto genes.
Civil case, not criminal. Different standards. One does not need to have a "guilty mind" to be found civilly liable for something. If you get into a car accident with someone, and they sue you, you do not need to have the mindset that you wanted to crash into the guy to be held liable for repairing his car.
Already happened, and Monsanto won. The guy in Canada found that some of his crop was cross-pollinated with Monsanto seed. He saved it for next year. He got fucked up the ass.
No, I still don't buy it. Those were still HIS SEEDS. He should have been able to do whatever he wanted with them.
I'm guessing they didn't patent the quirk itself (the quirk being a fact of nature, after all), but they patented the test to find said quirk.
No, it's not. It's fucking evil. And it's fucking evil that anyone can even THINK of asking such terms just to sell seed.
This retarded idea you have that big business can do whatever the fuck the want has got to stop. Just because someone "agrees" to something does NOT make it right.
Bullshit. My computer, my car, my phone have several patents in them. There's absolutely nothing saying that I can't sell those things.
A lot of their claims are actually legitimate. A lot of cheap-ass farmers will buy secondhand Monsanto seed from cleaners who take second generation seed from Monsanto crops (sold by other cheap-ass farmers) and sell them at a fraction of Monsanto's price. They're essentially benefiting from all of Monsanto's research and development without paying them a dime.
How the fuck is any of that different than GameStop, or a local used records store?
Because finding a new job is SOOOOOOOOOOOO easy in today's climate, right?
I would not risk anything like that, at least not without consulting an attorney who specializes in contract and labor law.
It's called being civil, and being a human being. Kindness is usually appreciated far more than making ultimatums. And remember, you still have to work with these people for the foreseeable future. Giving them an ultimatum like that is a surefire way to make your day job suck a lot more.
Yes, you should draw up the amendment to the contract, but don't beat your boss over the head with it. Approach him like a person.
Have fun paying lawyer bills.
If you can avoid paying an attorney, I'd suggest avoiding it. Attorneys don't have magic sources of information. Look it up yourself.
A good lawyer will save you far more money than they actually cost. And for something like this, odds are they'll give you an initial consultation hour for free.
Only an idiot would actually do that. Destroying evidence is extremely bad for you, and would probably end up damaging your case far more than the real evidence would.
Everyone seems to assume employers are unreasonable and just want to exploit you, but in my experience, many employers are quite reasonable about this sort of thing.
If they really were reasonable, then they wouldn't have put such an overreaching clause in the contract to begin with.
Why should the employers feelings even come into play here? Why should we give a shit what the employer wants? They're the ones with completely unreasonable demands. They should not have the right to anything an employee does while not at the office (with very, very, very narrow exceptions for things that are directly related to the company's core business).
No. They went into negotiations telling me that my salary was covering the 40 hours a week I'm in the office. If they had tried to get that to cover the other 128 hours as well, they would have to up the amount astronomically.