Maybe this is another step to do away with the feudal system we've been increasingly engaged in. Hopefully businesses will be less able in the future to have employees sign these draconian employment contracts (and at the same time stop offering "bennies" in the form of health programs).
I once was applying for a job as a tech support. I noticed at the bottom of like the second page of my employment contract that they claimed the right to any and all creative works I make while employed with them. I do 3D graphics at home, and the work I would be doing was in no way related to "creative work" (tech support!). I pointed it out to them and asked if we could cross that section out before I signed, and the reaction was basically, "don't let the door hit you on the way out".
So, anybody who signs a contract that says you can't compete when you no longer work for them, or that the fruits of your labor outside your job description belongs to them, should be told to get stuffed, and then have the term violently demonstrated.
(and my good relations with former employees, vendors or customers belongs to me, not the company).
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