It’s pretty common knowledge
that Mark Zuckerberg is no stranger to controversy. The
world’s youngest billionaire as the founder of Facebook has had more
than his share. At various times, Facebook has been banned in
countries such as China, Syria, Iran and Pakistan, the latter of which
even requested an arrest warrant from Interpol due to Facebook’s “Draw
Mohammed” contest. Also, certain workplaces ban Facebook use
due to drops in employee productivity; and Facebook has had issues with
privacy of its members, child safety, data mining, etc.
Additionally, Zuckerberg has previously been sued by the owners of a
competing site, ConnectU for alleged breach of oral contract and theft
of source code. That lawsuit was settled out of court for a
reported high eight figures. Oh, and he has that David Fincher movie about him
titled The Social Network due in October.
Now there’s a new wrinkle that may have the (let’s be real, quite slim) potential to necessitate some sort of addendum to the story. Daily Finance
reports that there’s another lawsuit recently filed that claims a guy
may potentially own 84% of Facebook. Paul Ceglia, a New York
businessman, filed a lawsuit last month against Facebook and Zuckerberg, over allegations that he’s
owed an 84% stake in the privately held company following a business
deal he struck with Zuckerberg in April 2003. Under a work-for-hire contract that involved two separate business
ventures, Ceglia hired Zuckerberg, a Harvard freshman at the time, to
develop and maintain a StreetFax Database for $1,000. The second
agreement called for the continued development of an existing project
“that’s designed to offer the students of Harvard university access to
a website similar to a live functioning yearbook with the working title
of ‘The Face Book.”‘
Ceglia was to pay Zuckerberg $1,000 for a 50% stake in the project. But
for every day the project went unfinished beyond the agreed Jan. 1,
2004, completion date, the contract called for an additional 1% stake
to be given to Ceglia, according to the court documents. Ceglia claims
that, as of February 2004, he never received his Facebook shares. A signature appears under the name Mark Zuckerberg in the alleged contract, dated Sept. 28, 2003.
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12 comments
Fincher is done. His last 3 movies were terrible and that is putting it mildly. I know, I know some of the internet nerds get their neck beards all knoted up when they hear this but its true. Take the childish fanboy/hero worship out of the equation and would you really want to sit thru zodiac again? Nothing fucking happens. Benjamin button, please. Panic Room is ok but certainly nothing special. This facebook movie has flop written all over it.
This movie sounds like a big ZZZzzzzZZzz.
Wooooo! Controversy! Who actually cares about this! I'm sure that THE SOCIAL NETWORK will be an incomplete document; the point is just that these hyper-lucrative business ventures never go down easy or clean. They're all dirty deals! Every one of 'em! Wheee!
Chudfan hasn't seen Zodiac (one of the best films of the last decade) I take it.
Yeah, Fincher is done. I'm sure someone will remember to tell him that when he does finally win that Oscar for best director in a few years. "Hey David, I know you have an Oscar now, but this dude who goes by the handle chudfan on the internet has decided that you're over and done with, so don't let this go to your head.". Dumbass.
Chudfan said he watched Zodiac, but that nothing happens. I agree with the sentiments about Panic Room and Benjamin Button. Zodiac however, is an amazing film and I would gladly sit through it over and over again. Fincher may be doing The Social Network, but he's not done. As long as you're talented and respected in Hollywood, you're never done. People have said that fr years about M. Night, and that fucker has been making shit now for almost a decade and still keeps getting new gigs. Fincher is far more consistent and talented, so why wouldn't he continue to prosper? BTW Chud, The verification letters are screwed up again.
Zodiac was awesome, I never seen Benjamin Button, Panic Room was just ok but alien 3 was better than panic room and I'd say seven and fight club are about equal and both those are almost as good as Zodiac. so I think fincher is pretty great, close to awesome.
chudfan must be really bored in his cubicle today. Hit refresh again, numbnuts.
Fincher is GOD.
Chudfan, the fact that "nothing happens" in Zodiac is the entire point of the movie. It's a deconstruction/critique of the entire crime-procedural genre.
@ Larry Indiana.
No its not.You know precisely zero. Nice buzz words tho.
@Cole: They are nice, aren't they? That's because they are appropriately-used and descriptive of my meaning.
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