Retraction/Update below:
--- Dean Forster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >FWIW, I believe that the key is to allow everyone
> > more
> > >freedom, instead of less as some of the more
> > >socialist-minded among us promote. Making the
> > >individual stronger and smarter is how we get
> > there. I liked what you were
> > >saying about freedom and the
> > >internet.
> > >
> >
> > Unfortunately, one of the downsides of lowering
> > community control and giving
> > private groups more leeway is that they can often
> > use that leeway to
> > restrict the options of others.
> >
> > Let us look at one type of restriction of
> corporate
> > freedom that I support,
> > because it gives me more options. (This isn't a
> > theoretical argument, BTW,
> > the attempts to work around this have affected me
> > personally.) Companies
> > are not free to enter agreements to never hire
> > employees or former employees
> > of competitors. The reason for this is that,
> which
> > such an agreement, even
> > the best producers have absolutely no leverage
> > (unless they have spare tens
> > of millions to start their own company.) Do you
> > support restrictions of
> > freedom such as this, or do you think that
> companies
> > can have an agreement
> > to never hire employees away from each other?
> >
>
> You misunderstand me. When I said freedoms above, I
> meant only individuals. Corporations have none of
> the
> freedoms we enjoy as individuals. The fates of
> corporations that overstep their bounds are entirely
> left up to the courts (and thus society). Don't
> confuse that with what I said about a free market in
> general- as with society, you allow entities to go
> about their business freely unless they violate the
> law.
>
> I remember some of what you said of your situation
> before, did you bring it to the attention of the
> FTC?
>
> dean
>
UPDATE:
Sorry Dan, i'm tired. Let me actually answer what you
asked of me.
To be honest, I can't think of a fair and equitable
solution to what you describe. But I'd be in favor of
allowing individual freedoms over corporate in this
case. Restricting where people can go to work makes
me cringe. I think that a corporation has a duty to
attract good employees and keep them in a similar
manner to the way they must attract and keep good
customers. And just as the buyer must beware, so must
the competitor. To allow non-employee swiping
agreements would seem to be obliquely bringing back
indentured servitude.
Hopefully I answered your Q the second time around.
dean the occasionally foggy in the noggin
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