ConnectU v. Facebook: The Dramatic Courtroom Transcript

by Nick Summers | April 9, 2007 at 9:12 am

ConnectU v. Facebook: The Dramatic Courtroom TranscriptWe go back and forth on who we support in ConnectU LLC v. Thefacebook, Inc., the lawsuit that alleges Facebook venturetard Mark Zuckerberg stole his billionish-dollar idea from three other Harvard undergrads: bros Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss ‘04 and Divya Narendra ‘04. On the one hand, social networking sites, including several pegged to college, were popping up all over the place back then, so it’s hard to say Zuckerberg “stole” the “idea” from anyone. And Facebook took off because of its simplicity, not because of any one function that may or may not have been ganked.

On the other hand, the ConnectU guys lay out some pretty scummy facts. They asked Zuckerberg to code a remarkably similar site and made clear that they needed to race to market to succeed. The pasty recluse secretly switched to his own project, while keeping the trio under the illusion he was still toiling away for them. The launch of Facebook caught them flat-footed, and while business is business, we guess, that doesn’t seem quite kosher.

Anyway, thanks to a tipster with Lexis, we’ve looked at some recent court filings in the case. It’s a David vs. Goliath situation; to win against zillion-dollar Zuckerberg — they’re alleging fraud, breach of contract, unfair business practices, copyright infringement, etc etc etc — the Winklevosses and Narendra need to really have their act together. Here’s a portion of a Narendra deposition; see if you can spot the difference between this and the “You can’t handle the truth!!” scene from “A Few Good Men”:

ConnectU v. Facebook: The Dramatic Courtroom Transcript

On second thought, maybe it’s not so bad Zuck took over.

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7 Responses to “ConnectU v. Facebook: The Dramatic Courtroom Transcript”

  1. B10 Says:
    April 9th, 2007 at 10:41 am

    “…you know…you know…you know…” when you see it in writing he looks even more inarticulate. go zucker

  2. Smares Says:
    April 9th, 2007 at 12:04 pm

    What does B10 mean? Do people from Babson or Bucknell read Ivygate? Cool.

  3. um Says:
    April 9th, 2007 at 12:34 pm

    Probably means Brown you idiot

  4. upenn state '10 Says:
    April 9th, 2007 at 1:13 pm

    I think B10 was a sarcastic reference, dipshit

  5. D '08 Says:
    April 9th, 2007 at 7:39 pm

    Smares, that’s gotta be the stupidest comment I’ve ever seen. Def. Cornell.

  6. B10 Says:
    April 9th, 2007 at 7:51 pm

    good one, Smaresey

  7. token Says:
    April 19th, 2007 at 4:33 am

    Facebook was featured on CNN, WSJ, NYT and New Haven Register because apparently, it’s how we kids are connecting these days, esp. in light of Virginia Tech massacre.