From the Life-Is-Unfair Files: You’re Welcome, Winklevii. Love, Zuck.

That’s right, folks, the rich do get richer, especially if they pursue their case well past the point of shame.
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Winklevii: How Can We Miss You If You Won't Go Away? (Plus the Full Court Ruling)

It seems Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the Don Quixote twins of the digital age, have tilted at yet another legal windmill unsuccessfully. So now, after losing another court challenge to overturn a previous court challenge, they’ll have to settle for $65 million. Actually, $100 million, which is how much shares in Facebook have appreciated since the pair and also Divya Narendra settled with the social networking giant.

Appeals Court Judges Seem Skeptical of Winklevii Claims

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have spent a lot of time in court, trying to thwart Facebook Co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and the rulings rarely seem to go in their favor. But the Olympic rowers and one-time social networking entrepreneurs were back at it this morning in San Francisco for their biggest hearing yet, in front of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

When Facebook Bought ConnectU From the Winklevii (Or, Parsing Legal Filings for Fun)

Earlier this week there was some confusion about outlets reporting that Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss had filed another lawsuit against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for stealing their social networking idea. The brief was actually filed back in June, but it’s still interesting reading.

Winklevoss Brothers, Mark Zuckerberg Has Sent You a $65 Million Gift

The inane dispute over the provenance of Facebook apparently ended in a multimillion dollar resolution. Facebook has reportedly paid the founders of ConnectU $65 million to settle a lawsuit that accused founder Mark Zuckerberg of lifting the social network’s source code and business plan when he worked for it as a programmer.