2
MezrichisaMassachusettsresidentwhoisallegedtobe“acontractororotheragentofRandom House,andisanownerand/oragentof”Mezco.(#1¶19)
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COLLINGS,U.S.M.J.
I.Introduction
Eventsanent
thecreationofFacebook
in2003-2004andthewebsite’s subsequentdevelopmenthavebeenthesubjectofagreatdealofwritten commentary,amovieandsubstantiallitigation.Thiscase,filedsevenyears afterFacebook
waslaunched,isperhapsthelatestexampleofthisphenomenon.OnNovember18,2011,
prose
plaintiffAaronGreenspan(“Greenspan”)filedafive-countcomplaintseekingdamagesandinjunctivereliefagainst defendantsRandomHouse,Inc.(“RandomHouse”),Mezco,Inc.(“Mezco”),BenjaminMezrich(“Mezrich”),andColumbiaPicturesIndustries,Inc.a/k/a SonyPicturesa/k/aColumbiaTristarMotionPictureGroup(collectively,“ColumbiaPictures”).Greenspan,a2004graduateofHarvardUniversity,isthe authorofabookentitled
Authoritas:OneStudent'sHarvardAdmissionsandthe FoundingoftheFacebookEra
("
Authoritas
").(#1¶¶16,26)RandomHouse,aNewYorkcorporation,isthepublisherofabook,
TheAccidentalBillionaires:TheFoundingofFacebook:ATaleofSex,Money,Genius,andBetrayal
(“
The AccidentalBillionaires
”),authoredbyMezrich
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.(#1¶¶2,4,17)Accordingto
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