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New York Man Says Emails Prove Facebook Ownership Stake

"Paul, I have become too busy to deal with the site and no one wants to pay for it, so I am thinking of just taking the server down. My parents have a fund that I can tap into for my college expenses and I would just like to give you your two thousand dollars back and call it even on the rest of the money you owe me for the extra work. At this point I won't even really be able to work on the facebook until Summer."

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April 6, 2004 -- Ceglia allegedly responds to Zuckerberg:

"You've got some nerve talking about me owing you with the CRIMINAL stunts you've pulled (sic) Reasonable people go to court to resolve their differences they don't go stealing things dude, you stole code, not once, not twice but THREE TIMES! Do you have any idea the damage you've done??? Grow up, take a f***ing ethics class, choke yourself with that silver spoon of yours." (According to the complaint, "criminal" refers to what Ceglia said were Zuckerberg's attempts to sabotage the StreetFax.com website.)

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