Paul Ceglia: Facebook Is Doing the Forgery, Not Me

An anonymous reader writes "Last week, Facebook said it found the original 'authentic contract' between Mark Zuckerberg and Paul Ceglia, a man who claims he owns half of the company according to a 2003 contract. Now, Ceglia says the original 'authentic contract' Facebook claims to have found is really just a Photoshopped image the company planted on his computer."

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Riiight...

[mackil]

"is really just a Photoshopped image the company planted on his computer." .... yeah, the courts will buy that one. Didn't work for this guy.

Re:Riiight...

[Culture20]

and that's from the very first Google hit, dumbass.

it doesn't show up in Facebook search?

Sheesh

[Anonymous Coward]

"I was cheated out of half of Facebook" is going to be this century's "I was the fifth Beatle."

Re:Sheesh

[boristdog]

More like the Howard Hughes last will and testament of the 21st century.

This guy makes a good Melvin Dumar.

Re:Obviously

[alphatel]

And the photoshopped image includes Zuckerberg's address that he lived at a year later than the signed document date, which was retrieved from Ceglia's parents computer - the only PC that was named in a suit - rather than his many other computers he owns.

ugh

[shentino]

I hate to say this, but facebook's already won this battle. They probably cheated but unless someone can prove it this guy needs to shut up.

Ceglia should have kept a watchful eye and documented the shit out of everything.

What's more, this lawsuit is ages old and he could have nipped this situation in the bud a long ass time ago.

If someone rips you off, you take care of it promptly. You don't just sit on your ass and let damages accrue.

I would dismiss his case with prejudice on grounds of either laches or statute of limitations or both. Besides, he already made a binding settlement in the form of what proved to be very lucrative stock options.

Unless he can show that Facebook somehow committed fraud *in that settlement* he has no standing to sue.

I'm all for fighting the good fight but once you've waved the white flag the game is over.

Re:ugh

[Oligonicella]

"They probably cheated..."

On what exactly do you base this?

Re:ugh

[ArsonSmith]

it's what all big corporations do. Nobody gets rich off of hard work and diligence like they preach to you. you either inherit money or steal it.

Re:ugh

[MightyMartian]

There's no doubt Zuckerberg fucked people over on his way up. In fact, the parties that have at least some claim to having be screwed by Zuckerberg are all well known. This Ceglia guy isn't one of them. He's either delusional or the world's worst con man.

Re:ugh

[somersault]

Nobody gets rich off of hard work and diligence like they preach to you. you either inherit money or steal it.

Uh.. okay. And all gross generalisations are true, clearly.

The business I work for has worked its way up from the ground, with products we designed, built and hire out with operating crew. All through hard work and diligence. We're not exactly a "big corporation" yet, but we're currently looking at selling off our sales division for several million, and ploughing that money back into more R&D.

There are a lot of rich, scummy people out there sure, but you don't need to be scum to get rich..

Re:Facebook would not have had access

[ZombieBraintrust]

He is claiming that they planted the evidense on his mothers computer before the requested it as evidense. That it was planted prior to him handing it over. Its possible, but he has no evidense of it.

Re:What took so long?

[UnknowingFool]

He says he forgot about it and only found the documents last year when he was sued for something else. I know what he means because I forget that I own a majority of a billion dollar company all the time. I mean Steve Jobs owes me half of Apple because I showed him how he looks great in a black turtleneck. I have the contract next to MS contract where I showed Ballmer how to dance in exchange for 10% of MS.