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I think you're actually the reason I first learned abt this (heinous, horrible) policy! as I recall you pub'd something like...literally the day before your contract started? and mentioned you wished you'd had more time to finish it. you should have all the time in the world!!!

Doom of the Dragon Grafter! I actually put together a whole pitch document for the full lvl 1-10 adventure. Had already reached out to a few close friends about working on it with me. If I hadn’t gotten this job, I likely would‘ve crowdfunded it.

That's so fuck up, how is that legal to claim ownership of something people do when they are not at work, and not using resources from their workplace? That's wild, if they want to claim ownership of the work you do when you're not at work, they should pay you when you're off work too.

it’s legal because people agree to it and are in theory compensated for it. but in the games industry and others, it makes no sense. you can’t copyright game mechanics! these clauses make sense where patents are involved & multimillion dollar R&D budgets (and again *everyone is paid for the rights*)

I won't speak to whether there might be a context in which it would make sense: But I do know that it has become *endemic* in tech startup circles, beyond all common sense. I've seen legal departments claim that *music people composed* was work-for-hire when they were hired as coders. It's nuts.