Facebook Seeks Removal Of Documents From Web

Facebook Inc. filed two legal motions aiming to force an independent magazine to take down from its Web site documents related to a suit over the social-networking site's origins.

Early yesterday, Facebook's lawyers notified 02138, an independent magazine geared at Harvard alumni, of two separate emergency motions seeking the removal of the documents from its online edition

The lawsuit -- ConnectU Inc. v. Facebook Inc. -- was filed in September of 2004 by three Harvard graduates who hired Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder and chief executive, while he was a student to help develop a social-networking site. The plaintiffs allege Mr. Zuckerberg later stole their idea to build his own site, Facebook.

This week, 02138 published an article detailing the legal dispute, along with several court documents, including Mr. Zuckerberg's college application and excerpts from his personal online journal.

Facebook contends the documents were sealed by the court. "We filed the motions to let the court know that its orders were being violated," said Brandee Barker, a Facebook spokeswoman. "One reason the court ordered certain documents' protection was to prevent exactly what has happened: misusing documents and taking documents out of context to sling mud." 

sealed court docs Showing Mark Zuckerberg’s application to Harvard, testimonies and his online diary.   They include Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard application; Zuckerberg’s online journal written while he was creating the website, Facemash.com; court documents which allegedly show that Zuckerberg had performed significant work on Facebook in late December 2003; an e-mail from Zuckerberg to Harvard’s Administrative Board .....

Rest of this at 02138's site  

This original from Rest of the Wall Street's article here

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