Thursday, August 27, 2015

Kim and Kanye settle lawsuit against YouTube co-founder for $440,000

Nearly two years after their bombastic fairytale proposal in San Francisco's AT&T Park, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian have won a settlement from the tech pioneer who secretly filmed it for his flopping startup. West and Kardashian's suit against YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley will be dismissed once Hurley pays the couple $440,000. Hurley taped the festivities and released the resulting video on MixBit, his collaborative video editing app, despite signing a confidentiality agreement. The footage was quickly reposted by TMZ.

It would be touching if West and Kardashian were moved to legal action by sheer fury after Hurley compromised the sanctity of their nascent union, but they had a financial stake in that footage — they were planning to...

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