Snapchat's CEO says his former friend 'may deserve something' for helping create the app

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[QUOTE]As Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel apparently holds out against [URL="http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/13/5100446/snapchat-turned-down-3-billion-facebook-acquisition-offer"]generous acquisition offers[/URL], he and co-founder Bobby Murphy are also in a legal battle against a former friend who says he was shut out after coming up with the idea for the app. Reggie Brown attended Stanford University alongside Murphy and Spiegel, and he produced several documents showing that he had been involved in creating the original version of Snapchat — including a patent filing with his name on it. Murphy and Spiegel, however, say that he played little role in actually developing the app, even if he was present while they were building it. [I]Business Insider[/I], which has followed the case closely, [URL="http://www.businessinsider.com/snapchat-lawsuit-video-depositions-2013-11"]now says that the three men[/URL] are likely to agree on a settlement, and videos from an April deposition show Spiegel agreeing that Brown could deserve some credit for his work.

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[URL]http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/21/5129380/snapchat-ceo-says-former-friend-may-deserve-something-in-lawsuit-deposition[/URL]

[PersonalJesus69]

At least its good to know they didn't fist their friend and told him to fuck off. Good people, for realizing he needs some credit. But bad people because they shut him out. Sounds like The Social Network..

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[QUOTE=NoobieWafer223;42944484]At least its good to know they didn't fist their friend and told him to fuck off. Good people, for realizing he needs some credit. But bad people because they shut him out. Sounds like The Social Network..[/QUOTE]

That scene where he smashes Mark's laptop and fucking pays him out was some top notch acting

[blehblehbleh]

Wait, have they even earned any money off this app so far?

[Simski]

[QUOTE=NoobieWafer223;42944484]At least its good to know they didn't fist their friend and told him to fuck off. Good people, for realizing he needs some credit. But bad people because they shut him out. Sounds like The Social Network..[/QUOTE]
He sounds a bit like an idea guy with the whole "came up with the idea but played little role in developing it".

[quote][B]He says that although Brown came up with the idea of a disappearing photo app, he didn't have the skills to meaningfully contribute to its development; after that, he says that he essentially let Brown follow along.[/B] "He was my friend," Spiegel says when asked why he didn't discourage him from working on the app. "And he was excited about working on the project, and I wanted to include him." When pressed, though, Spiegel said that "Reggie may deserve something for some of his contributions." [/quote]
They still seem pretty reasonable about it though