Facebook, a stolen idea...?

        There more  than 1800 million internet users world wide.And approximately 500 million people have an account in facebook.This if considered as a country will be the third largest country in terms of population next to China and India.As a matter of fact,many teenagers use their gadgets like computers,laptops,mobile phones for the sole purpose of social networking especially Facebook.

       Social networking sites started as early as 1995.But the real craze

started with the invention of Facebook in 2004(February).Mark Zuckerberg is the founder of this highly popular site.

       But why am I saying all this now?It’s because recently Divya Narendra,an Indian immigrant settled in U.S has filed a case on Mark Zuckerberg in a court alleging that Mark stole the idea of Facebook from him and his classmates-Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss(twins) which they designed while they were studying in Harvard University.Narendra explained that they asked Mark Zuckerberg’s help to develop Connectu but Mark stealed the idea and started Facebook.

       Divya Narendra Said:“I spent almost one year developing the concept and searching for programmers along with two of my classmates to build what was then called Harvard-Connection.com, which was a social network for Harvard students which was to expand to other schools. When I heard about Mark Zuckerberg for the first time in the fall of 2003, he seemed like a natural fit to join our team. Three months later, Facebook launched and all the time and effort I had put into my vision had been taken away’

       “The Social Network”,a film released on October 1^st,2010 created buzz that Facebook is a stolen concept by Mark Zuckerberg.”

       The initial settlement was said to be around $65 million but the case was re-opened in May,2010.If the jury’s decision goes in favour of Narendra and his two classmates the settlement might be $465 million.

       This entire episode has become a nightmare for Facebook.Facebook denied to comment on these allegations.Let us who wins this legal battle!