This is a pretty strong reversal from the original statement, which stated that Mark Zuckerberg wasn't sure if he had signed the document or not. I think he had better get his message straight, particularly for the courts. Here's the latest article I found on the subjectJune
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Facebook says Zuckerberg signature likely 'forged'
Carolyn McCarthy CNET News | July 26, 2010 4:55 AM PDT
Facebook said in a statement Friday that a lawsuit from a man who claims he owns 84 percent of the company is based on a contract that was likely "forged." It's an unusually forceful denial coming from a company that prefers not to talk about pending litigation.
A Facebook lawyer had initially said that the company was "unsure" whether CEO Mark Zuckerberg had ever signed an agreement with the plaintiff, New York resident Paul Ceglia, to help build something called "The Face Book" in 2003 and in which Ceglia would have an 84 percent stake today. Documents provided by Ceglia indicated that something that appears to be Zuckerberg's signature does indeed appear on a contract. But in his high-profile "ABC World News" interview on Wednesday night, Zuckerberg said that "I think we were quite sure that we did not sign a contract that says that they have any right to ownership over Facebook."
Now, an official Facebook statement backs him up and goes so far as to say the company believes the contract is probably a phony.
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This whole ownership is a very serious issue which is going to be decided by the courts. Billions of dollars are at stake. It seems to me that Mark is being a bit disingenuous by making a statement at all at this point. What do you think?
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