According to E! News, Kanye and Kim allege in court documents, that YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley "tagged along with someone who was invited" to witness Kanye popping the question, but he was allowed to stay after signing a confidentiality agreement prohibiting him from posting videos or images from that night. How cheesy we've become as a society man this is really sad. Apparently a number of sites participated in the distaste once the fuzzy 2 and a half minute video surfaced courtesy of Hurly's new venture, MixBit, a collaborative video app. Ye of course allowed cameras to shoot for possible show footage, and naturally with Keeping Up With the Kardashians airing on E!, E! News obtained an exclusive clip of the official footage to televise and post online the next day.
The law suit says: "Exclusive rights, such as those sold by plaintiffs to publication of video of the event, are particularly valuable. If people violate these rights... they are of substantially diminished value. Hurley proceeded to try to turn the event into one starring himself, broadcasting the images he knew were the exclusive property rights of someone else."
E! News says, "the couple is asking for unspecified damages for alleged breach of contract, fraud and unjust enrichment. Hurley has not returned requests for comment."
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Speculation that friends and family members, posted photos on Twitter and Instagram from the proposal are irrelevant in my opinion. No one had authorization to video document the event, and share as stated in the aforementioned confidentiality agreement. The shameless plug was super obvi by Hurley using his app to share the video. Don't bother with the cold stare Chad, you were dead wrong. North West might end up owning YouTube for that silly little error. Moral of the story here guys, respect each others' privacy, and don't market your products at someones event (of any kind) without their consent.
