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- From: pollock@milton.u.washington.edu (Joe Pollock)
- Subject: Re: Big NASTY Brother Radio Shack
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.203319.27826@u.washington.edu>
- Keywords: employment practices
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- Organization: The Evergreen State College
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 20:33:19 GMT
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- I haven't followed all the postings in this thread, so I hope this isn't
- a repeat...
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- A friend of mine recently interviewed with Radio Shack in the Puget
- Sound area. Aside from a very rigid dress/appearance code, what caught
- his eye was the "intellectual property" clause in the employment
- agreement. Unfortunately, he didn't escape with a copy :-(
-
- It appears that Tandy/Radio Shack lays claim to anything you may
- develop, even on your own time, that may be in any way related to your
- employment at Radio Shack. It was phrased as "For instance, if you get
- an idea for a computer game, and write and sell it, Tandy claims the
- rights to it, because you got the idea for it here." Sounds like it
- goes far beyond normal employment agreements.
-
- He asked the interviewer, "I'm also a photographer. Does that mean
- if I photograph a nude wearing a pair of RS headphones, RS will claim
- the rights to the picture?" They replied, "No, but if you do ad
- photographs for another electronics store, you might hear from our
- attorneys."
-
- Anyone out there go through the interview process? Might be fun
- for someone to do it, knowing what it's all about. Is it legal to
- split with a copy of the agreement?
-
- --joe
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