FaceBook - May be getting closed

[Sony.Com]

Thats right. Facebook might be getting closed. The two creators of facebook are being sued by two friends and former school-mates of theirs from Harvard. Appearently, during their years at facebook, the two friends who didn't create facebook actually came up with the idea, and they claim the other two friends stole it. They're sueing them and they are demanding that all of facebooks assets are transferred over to the other friends right away. The judge has put a delay on his ruling because he is still looking into facts, but a verdict is expected to be made shortly.


This was on WBZ american news. Im looking for an online article atm to link with it, i'll post it as soon as I find it.

Sorry if this is in the wrong section.

Edit: Heres the article. I got a bit of the info wrong in the summary, but the hard facts are here:

http://wbztv.com/local/local_story_205155319.html

[Assassinator]

Lol thats mad,but whats FaceBook? If its big,i bet there gutted!

[alexxxxx]

Lol thats mad,but whats FaceBook? If its big,i bet there gutted!

it's like myspace

[Assassinator]

it's like myspace

Isit big?

[Sony.Com]

31 million users according to the article.

[Assassinator]

31 million users according to the article.

oerr thats like 1/200 of the worth or something?

If thats wrong its just a rough guess from my mind.

[Luckyrare]

I really cant see this going though, I havent read much of it but the idea seems a bit broad from what I have seen.

[Colin-Roberts]

I could wip up a quick site. make a bunch of idea sheets and claim i invented myspace. from what i've read they really don't have any grounds to claim ownership.

[Callum.]

But isn't that just like saying, oh I was going to create myspace and put my ideas on the internet and someone else made it? And thats like saying Bebo copied myspacee etc and vice versa?

And the two friends still could have made a site like it?

[Luckyrare]

But isn't that just like saying, oh I was going to create myspace and put my ideas on the internet and someone else made it? And thats like saying Bebo copied myspacee etc and vice versa?

And the two friends still could have made a site like it?

I am guessing they will have more proof than that. Maybe some plans, drawings, mindmaps?

Anyway unless they have like a percific idea of facebooks, facebook could just be a copy of Myspace?

They must be claming ownership of a feature of it, other wise the social idea isnt their idea.