On Thursday, lawyers representing Facebook declared that they uncovered the ‘smoking gun’ in the ownership lawsuit brought by Paul Ceglia. The lawsuit claims that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg gave away half of the company to Ceglia in exchange for $1,000 of seed money within a 2003 contract. In addition, Ceglia also claims the contract awards him one percent of the company for each day Facebook wasn’t online after January 1, 2004. Lawyers for Facebook did acknowledge that Zuckerberg worked with Ceglia in 2003 on a Web project called “StreetFax”. Zuckerberg was hired to do coding work for the project.
Evidence presented by Ceglia suggests there was direct communication in the form of emails between the two parties. However, Zuckerberg contends that he never agreed to Ceglia’s contract claim. Recently ordered by a judge in Buffalo, New York, Ceglia was directed to allow Facebook to analyze electronic storage media owned by Ceglia including computers and hard drives. Facebook lawyers believe that they have discovered proof that Ceglia fabricated the contract as well as the other evidence in the case. An attorney for Ceglia was unable to comment on the recent discovery as the party is barred by a protective order on all evidence, however Ceglia did pass a lie detector test in June specific to the authenticity of the contract in question.
Ceglia has been burning through legal teams at of late and lost his fourth legal team in late July. In addition to being labeled a scam artist by Facebook lawyers in May of this year, Ceglia was also disparaged by his local hometown of Wellsville in the Buffalo News publication. Many of the town residents believe that he regularly cons people similar to the design of the Facebook claim. Ceglia’s troubled legal history includes a trespassing conviction, a felony drug conviction and a plethora of angry client affidavits from deals that went sour.
More like Facebook has found evidence that they themselves are committing fraud .. it crazy to suggest thatthat a digital copy of a contract has as much validity as the forensically tested actual paper contract is just nonsense. why when it is well known that Zuckerberg has committed forgery in the past and self describes himself as hacker does all these mainstream media just act as if we should believe him? Once again the media takes the side of power against the smaller fish ! this is what gets to me the media and power only protect their interests which is the reason for taking the side of Facebook side on this issue , Just look at the difference in the Wikileaks case ! both Wikileaks and Facebook are big on-line sites with huge amount of public and government interest but you dont see the establishment taking the side of Wikileaks why ? Because unlike Facebook Julian Assange and Wikileaks work for the people interest not the establishments so the establishment goes against it. Paul Ceglia is a man with a legitimate cause! His evidence and banking transactions proves Zuckerberg is trying to fraud someone
wow. astounding. except one thing; there’s no mention of any actual proof. apparently, FB’s proof consists of nothing but them saying that they have proof, along with references to a story in the “Communities” section of a two-bit local newspaper, quoting snarky ex-friends from High School and postulating ridiculous conclusions; to quote:
“Shadowy background
About the nicest things people who’ve dealt with Paul Ceglia can say about him is that he always has been “mysterious.”
In the index of his Wellsville High 1991 senior yearbook, the only page he is listed on is the one with his senior photo. Of 113 seniors depicted in that year’s class, Ceglia’s was one of only nine with a blank thumbnail biography and no baby photo. The man who claims to own half of Facebook barely appeared in his own yearbook and declined to share so much as his favorite saying or best memories.”
well that just clinches it! without a HS yearbook bio and baby picture, Facebook has all the ‘proof’ against him they need!
wow. astounding. except one thing; there’s no mention of any actual proof. apparently, FB’s proof consists of nothing but them saying that they have proof, along with references to a story in the “Communities” section of a two-bit local newspaper, quoting snarky ex-friends from High School and postulating ridiculous conclusions; to quote:
“Shadowy background
About the nicest things people who’ve dealt with Paul Ceglia can say about him is that he always has been “mysterious.”
In the index of his Wellsville High 1991 senior yearbook, the only page he is listed on is the one with his senior photo. Of 113 seniors depicted in that year’s class, Ceglia’s was one of only nine with a blank thumbnail biography and no baby photo. The man who claims to own half of Facebook barely appeared in his own yearbook and declined to share so much as his favorite saying or best memories.”
well that just clinches it! without a HS yearbook bio and baby picture, Facebook has all the ‘proof’ against him they need!
don’t doubt that FB is becoming big brother
don’t doubt that FB is becoming big brother