Facebook Lawsuit – Stolen Idea?

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facebook profile of orlando bloomMark Zuckerberg is facing a lawsuit for allegedly stealing the idea and source code behind the internet phenomena that is Facebook.

The lawsuit was brought about 3 years ago by 3 of Mark’s Harvard fellow student who claim they hired Zuckerberg to help them build the site that was to be named ConnectU

The 3 claimants, Cameron Winklevoss, his twin brother Tyler Winklevoss and Divya Narendra are claiming for copyright infringement, stealing trade secrets, fraud and breach of contract.

Mark Zuckerberg was rumored -a few weeks back- to have refused a $2 billion offer from Yahoo.  If this lawsuit hangs over the head of Facebook, it will be very difficult to sell the company to perspective buyers, well at least not for the price it would normally fetch.

Facebook is growing at an astronomical rate of 150,000 new members per day and boasts high profile celebrities such as Orlando Bloom,  Foreign Secretary David Miliband, and TV presenter Jonathan Dimbleby.

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    the judge has given them until 8th august to provide conclusive evidence

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