(SECOND DEPOSITION ROOM - DAY)
"From Mark Zuckerberg to Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss and Divya Narendra. December 15, 2003." Gage reads.
"I have a cs problem set that I'm just getting started with and it should be about 15 hours of coding so I'll be busy tomorrow night." Gage reads (quoting Mark)
(PFORZHEIMER DINING HALL - NIGHT)
"I won't really be free to meet until next Wednesday afternoon." Divya reads from his phone.
Cameron and Tyler give each other a look--"Is this guy flaking out?"
(SECOND DEPOSITION ROOM - DAY)
"...have to cancel Wednesday afternoon. I've basically been in the lab this whole time and also..." Gage reads.
(HAMBURGER JOINT - NIGHT)
Divya's reading off his blackberry to Tyler and Cameron--
"Won't be able to do Saturday as I have to meet up with my parents to..." He reads.
(HARVARD YARD - NIGHT)
It's snowing and cold as hell. Eduardo's now with a smaller group of prospective members, most of whom are in their underwear with a couple of them wearing pants. They're all blue and shivering. They're gathered around a statue of John Harvard. They are all prospects looking to be in the group. They must first prove themselves. Every wrong answer results in a removal of clothing.
"As the plaque reads, this is John
Harvard, founder of Harvard University in 1638. It's also called The Statue of Three Lies. What are the three lies, Mr. Dowd?" A senior asks someone with the last name of Dowd.
"The three lies-- umm, The first-- " Mr. Dowd wonders.
"Shit!" He says not remembering.
"Take your pants off," Says the senior.
"I know," Eduardo says.
"Mr. Saverin?" The senior passes the question to Eduardo.
"1) Harvard was founded in 1636, not 1638. 2) Harvard wasn't founded by John Harvard and 3) That's not John Harvard," Eduardo answers.
"Who is it?" The senior asks.
Eduardo thinks. "A friend of the sculptor, Daniel Chester." He answers.
"Keep your jacket on," The senior says while another kid simply falls to his hands and knees and throws up. (SECOND DEPOSITION ROOM - DAY)
"39 days after Mr. Zuckerberg's initial
meeting with my clients and he still hadn't completed work on HarvardConnection. But on January 11, 2004--"
(MARK'S DORM ROOM - DAY)
A website called Network Solutions is up on Mark's screen. He hits a couple of keys and waits intently.
Then the computer shows him what he wanted to see--
www.theFacebook.com--DOMAIN NAME REGISTERED (it says)
"Mr. Zuckerberg registered the domain name theFacebook via network solutions," says Gage.
(SECOND DEPOSITION ROOM - DAY)
"To the best of your knowledge, had he even begun work on HarvardConnection?" Gage asks Eduardo as a witness.
"Not to my knowledge, no." Eduardo answers.
(PORCELLIAN - NIGHT)
Cameron is looking at his e-mail.
"What in the world is this?" Cameron asks as he reads an email.
"Hey Cameron. I'm still a little skeptical that we have enough functionality in the site to really draw the attention and gain the critical mass necessary to get a site like this to run. We'll speak soon." Cameron reads an email from Mark.
(SECOND DEPOSITION ROOM - DAY)
"This is the first time he mentioned any problem?" Gage asks,
"Yes it was," Divya answers.
"You'd sent 36 e-mails to Mr. Zuckerberg and received 16 return e-mails and this was the first time he indicated he was not happy," Gage asks.
"That's correct," Divya answers. He goes on, "He had 42 days to study
our system and get out ahead on.." He says until Mark interrupts.
"Do you see any of your code on Facebook?" Mark asks a bit angry.
"Sy, could you--" Gage says to Dh intending for him to calm Mark.
SY (calming him)
"Mark--" says Sy.
"Did I use any of your code?" Mark again asks.
"You stole our whole goddam idea!" Divya yells back.
"Fellas...." Sy says trying to end this.
"Match-dot-com for Harvard guys?"Mark asks trying to piss Divya off. He succeeds.
"Can I continue with my deposition?" Gage asks.
"You know you really don't need a forensic team to get to the bottom of this. If you guys were the inventors of Facebook you'd have invented Facebook," Mark says.
"I can't wait to stand over your shoulder and watch you write us a check," Divya says.
"No shit?" Mark says.
"Let's continue," Gage says.
Divya's still staring at Mark, who just smiles a little as he looks down.
<<< I wasn't going to do any Author's notes but.... Anyways I hope you guys are enjoying this story. All of this is 100% true. FYI when the story cuts to deposition rooms, those are current, when they cut to other places, they are flashbacks. And I do realize that it's very confusing. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Enjoy :) Thanks for reading! >>>
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The Social Network
NonfiksiHarvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking website that would become known as Facebook, but is later sued by two brothers who claimed he stole their idea, and the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
