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		cstejerean on April 11, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Did you sign Google's noncompete? Good, you're fir... exactly. they're not laying off Google employees (or at least not many). they're laying off people they bought the rights to.

DaniFong on April 11, 2008 [–]

Those rights were never theirs to buy. This country banned slavery long ago.

cstejerean on April 11, 2008 | | [–]

Really? Maybe someone should take a closer look at EA.

mattmaroon on April 12, 2008 | | [–]

I don't see what Google did as being illegal. Certainly reprehensible, but making someone unemployable is not the same as employing them with zero salary.

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