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nostrademons on Dec 5, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: "Google asserts copyright, even on work I do in my...

Why does my physical location make a difference? I'm free to go home as I please during the workday. If I duck out of work at 3 PM so I can go home and use my own laptop to work on a personal project, should it not be owned by Google? If I work on it in the mornings and come in at noon, should it not be owned by Google?

jrockway on Dec 7, 2010 [–]

That's a fine line. If I produce a porn video on my sick day, should Google own it? Would they even want it?

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