What I'm really wondering is... ok, we all understand just how scary this really is, but is there anything I can do about it now, or am I getting the shaft for the duration of my employment with my current company? Particularly in this economy, it's going to be downright impossible (not to mention hazardous) to ask for an adaptation of an existing IP contract. Does this mean I'm SOL until I can find another employer... hoping they'll allow me some "pushback" as it's been referred to? Or do I simply troddle on, playing Russian roulette with my personal projects?

It really is frightening... contract or no, why should my employer have the right to all of my personal creations when I'm "off the clock"? Even though such a contract is legally binding... should it really be? Isn't there some civil statute that takes precedence over this burdening extension of employer powers?

-fuzzyping

In reply to Re: How do you view your employment? by fuzzyping
in thread How do you view your employment? by dragonchild

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