YouTube co-founder sued by Kanye West and Kim Kardashian for 'diminishing value' of marriage proposal footage by posting it online hits back with counter-suit

PUBLISHED: 00:22 EST, 14 December 2013 | UPDATED: 12:56 EST, 14 December 2013

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Last month Kim Kardashian and Kanye West sued a co-founder of YouTube claiming he violated a confidentiality agreement by posting a video of the couple's marriage proposal to his new video-sharing website.

The couple sued on the basis that Chad Hurley wasn't invited to the elaborate October 21 proposal at San Francisco's AT&T Park, but was allowed to stay because he signed an agreement not to post any video or images from the event.

But now the billionaire businessman who co-founded Youtube is fighting back and has issued a lawsuit counter-suing the newly engaged couple.

A moment to remember: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West pictured shortly after he popped the question; the couple launched legal action on Thursday against YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley over a video he posted

Lawsuit: Chad Hurley posted footage of the couple's proposal on his website MixBit

Hurley claims that he wasn't informed that he was not allowed to film or distribute the footage which West did allow to be filmed for the possible broadcast on E! Entertainment, which is home to his fiancée's show Keeping Up With the Kardashians.

Hurley posted a fuzzy two-and-a-half-minute-long video on his new website MixBit that showed West proposing to Kardashian while an orchestra played.

The video also showed the ensuing celebration with Kardashian's family and invited guests toasting the newly-engaged couple.

As a result, the couple issued a lawsuit seeking unspecified damages from Hurley and his company, Avos Systems Inc.

Now the Youtube co-founder has counter-sued the couple claiming that he shouldn't be legally bound by the waiver because he was misled into signing it and received no compensation for signing away his rights.

In the lawsuit - in which he asks the judge to throw out Kim and Kanye's case - the businessman claims that after the proposal took place he was approached by someone who asked him to sign a waiver and told him it was a release so they could use his image in a TV special, so he signed the document without reading it.

Hurley is seeking his legal costs to be paid by Kim and Kanye.

West proposed to Kardashian on her 33rd birthday following the birth of the couple's first child, daughter North West, who was born on June 15.

Say cheese: While the Kardashian clan posted many photographs on social media, the couple are displeased about unauthorised video footage which Hurley took and shared of the moment of the proposal

Lavish proposal: Kanye presented his fianceé with a 15 carat diamond ring by Lorraine Schwartz as 'PLEEEASE MARRY MEEEE!!!' flashed on the field's scoreboard screen

Hot wheels: Kanye West was spotted emerging from his matte black Lamborghini on Friday in Hollywood where the rest of the Kardashians - including Bruce Jenner - were also present

Suave: The Yeezus rapper wore what seems to be a favourite light blue sweater as he slipped out

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S.Collins, Leeds, United Kingdom, 3 hours ago

What a tacky shallow couple.

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Geo, Seattle, United States, 7 hours ago

Haven't watched the grainy footage uploaded and will not see it on E! either, so I don't know why Kanye is so up in arms over this. I don't care to see The Hobbit fake get married yet again.

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Ninasky Antonioli, Fort wayne, United States, 7 hours ago

Chad had no right to divulge footage of the proposal. He signed a confidentiality agreement. His intentions of doing so were to promote his new project. I would sue too.

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Alanna, Beverly Hills CA, United States, 7 hours ago

You can't diminish the value of something without value to begin with.

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Abby, USA, 8 hours ago

Diminish the proposal?? The bride to be is BARELY smiling in any of the photos! HILARIOUS!!!! She is just showing off her ring with a look on her face which seems to suggest "Why did it take so long for me to get a rock and did you see it, was the one from Kris H BIGGER??" These two are a waste of newsprint...........I feel sorry for their daughter, I really do!

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gigaturtle, UK, 8 hours ago

Oh how I wish I had studied law...............$$$$$$$$$$$$$$s!!! Can't these idiots just get over themselves and realise that everyone's going to see the pictures eventually - it's only a matter of time. And what's the big deal anyway? It's not like they're anything really special and have contributed anything to this world (other than redistributing dollars).

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freetomato, Atlanta, 8 hours ago

I wish these horrible people's 15 minutes were up.

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Ninasky Antonioli, Fort wayne, United States, 7 hours ago

I smell a hater.

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jayjay, scarsdale, 8 hours ago

Let me get this straight- he wasn't invited but snuck in. He was asked to leave but begged to stay. In order to stay he had to sign a confidentiality&non; disclosure form. He agreed and took a pic holding the legal document. Oh did he somehow miss the E! camaras. I live in NY and I can see them. Why would he think he could distribute a strangers event for his own profit.HMMMM? SMH