How Facebook ownership contract was 'forged'

The contract presented by Paul Ceglia, who claims he paid Zuck to build Facebook, was forged, according to a forensic report(PDF) by Stroz Friedberg. Wired's David Kravetz: "The metadata shows they were backdated to 2003 when Zuckerberg, as a Harvard University student, agreed to perform the contracted work for Ceglia. But the copies of the contract were created in 2011." — Rob

Facebook recovers "original" Ceglia contract

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Facebook entered into evidence what it says is the original contract between founder Mark Zuckerberg and Paul Ceglia, who is suing the company for part-ownership. Unlike the version produced by Ceglia, identifying him as part-owner of "The Face Book", this version has no mention of the company at all. The "original" coding contract was recovered from Ceglia's own computer by forensic specialists; Facebook says he tried to keep it out of the lawsuit by claiming attorney-client privilege. [Wired]