Blogger Loses Unemployment Check Because of Ads 554
Techdirt is reporting that one unfortunate, unemployed New York lawyer recently had her unemployment benefits greatly reduced because of the incredible $1/day she was earning via ads on her blog. "The whole thing sounds like a bureaucratic nightmare, with NY State asking her to get a form from her new 'employer' who didn't exist. Then NY Department of Labor started giving her all sorts of contradicting information, and eventually an 'investigation' into her 'business' — during which time her unemployment benefits were stopped entirely. She's now pulled the Google AdSense from her blog (total earned over the life of the blog $238.75)."
Re:So the big question is: (Score:4, Funny)
Old New York was once New Amsterdam. Why they changed it, I can't say.
People just liked it better that way.
Adding Insult to Injury (Score:4, Funny)
And so, after removing the ads from her blog (they weren't really earning much money anyway) slashdot decided to mention it on the front page..
I bet she's thrilled.
Someone check hell (Score:5, Funny)
We just found ourselves an honest lawyer.
Good thing to see the system is taking care of it.
Re:The state is correct (Score:4, Funny)
So an honest lawyer...I guess it is true then. 99% of lawyers make the rest of them look bad.
Re:Horay government (Score:4, Funny)
Re:An unemployed LAWYER was perhaps.... (Score:2, Funny)
the lawyer explosion
Now there's something you could sell tickets to!
Re:State beauracrats are usually idiots.. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Someone check hell (Score:5, Funny)
All I can see from this story is the following:
Honest Lawyer = Unemployed Lawyer
Re:An unemployed LAWYER was perhaps.... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:An unemployed LAWYER was perhaps.... (Score:1, Funny)
No, only one, because the other side is also a lawyer, and his opposite side already exists. If every lawyer created another lawyer, as soon as you had one lawyer, everyone would have to become a lawyer. Actually, you might be right.