【英语科技】纽约一男子声称拥有Facebook的所有权

A New York judge has issued a temporary restraining order restricting the transfer of Facebook Inc.'s assets, following a suit by a New York man who claims to own an 84% stake in the social-networking company.

Paul D. Ceglia filed a suit in the Supreme Court of New York's Allegany County on June 30, claiming that a 2003 contract he signed with Facebook founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg entitles him to ownership of the company and monetary damages.

The suit is being heard by Judge Thomas Brown, who issued the temporary restraining order earlier this month. Facebook has requested that the case be moved to federal court.

In his suit, Mr. Ceglia claims he signed a contract with Mr. Zuckerberg on April 28, 2003, to develop and design a website, paying a $1,000 fee but getting a 50% stake in the product. The contract stipulated that Mr. Ceglia would get an additional 1% interest in the business for every day after Jan. 1, 2004, until it was completed.

In a statement, a spokesman for closely held Facebook said, 'We believe this suit is completely frivolous and we will fight it vigorously.'

Mr. Ceglia didn't return calls seeking comment. His lawyer, Paul A. Argentieri, also didn't return a call for comment.

It's unclear how Mr. Ceglia might have become involved with Mr. Zuckerberg.

A copy of the contract seen by The Wall Street Journal says it is 'for the purchase and design of a suitable website for the project Seller [Mr. Zuckerberg] has already initiated that is designed to offer the students of Harvard university [sic] access to a wesite [sic] similar to a live functioning yearbook with the working title of 'The Face Book.''

The date of the contract appears to conflict with previous accounts of the creation of Facebook. Mr. Zuckerberg built a predecessor to Facebook called Facemash in October and November 2003, but Mr. Zuckerberg didn't register the domain thefacebook.com until January 2004.

纽约一位法官下达了一份临时性限制令，以限制社交网站公司Facebook Inc.的资产转移事宜，此前纽约一名男子起诉说，他拥有这家公司84%的股权。

这个名叫希格里亚(Paul D. Ceglia)的男子6月30日向纽约州Allegany县高级法院提起诉讼，称他在2003年与Facebook创始人兼首席执行长扎克伯格(Mark Zuckerberg)签署的一份合同，使他具有了Facebook所有权，并有权获得赔偿金。

这一起诉已获法官布朗(Thomas Brown)受理，他本月早些时候下达了上述临时性限制令。Facebook已要求将此案移交联邦法院审理。

希格里亚在起诉书中称，他在2003年4月28日与扎克伯格签署了一份网站开发和设计方面的合同，他向扎克伯格支付1,000美元开发费，但要获得所开发产品50%的股份。这份合同规定，如果产品在2004年1月1日前没有开发完成，那么每拖延一天希格里亚就将多获得该产品1%的股份，直至产品开发完毕。

非上市公司Facebook的发言人在一份声明中说，我们相信这起诉讼完全是无稽之谈，我们将积极应诉。

希格里亚没有回复寻求他评论的采访电话。他的律师阿根提里(Paul A. Argentieri)也没有回复要求置评的电话。

不清楚希格里亚是如何与扎克伯格打上交道的。

《华尔街日报》见到的上述合同复印件称：本合同涉及一适用网站的购买和设计，该网站用于卖方(扎克伯格先生)已经着手开发的一个项目，该项目旨在让哈佛大学的学生得以登入与实时运行年鉴相类似的网站，其暂定名称为“The Face Book”。

这份合同的日期似乎与以往记载的Facebook创立史有矛盾。扎克伯格在2003年10月和11月创立了Facebook的前身，名叫Facemash，但他直到2004年1月才注册了名thefacebook.com的域名。