VERY interesting information if you follow the link to the supporting documents. It would appear that the search warrant is invalid because Chen is employed by Gawker as a JOURNALIST. California’s own laws may have been violated in carrying out this warrant and seizing property.
It will be interesting to see how this pans out because as a journalist Chen is NOT required to provide ANY information about where or how he got his information...
Here’s the link that includes copies of the Search Warrant, as well as Gawker’s COO who has already contacted the Police Department regarding this event on Chen’s behalf — not the conclusion of the letter (copies to Counsel).
http://gizmodo.com/5524843/police-seize-jason-chens-computers
*note the conclusion
This guy is lucky so far in that Apple has only crushed him ~ next, they scrape him off the plate into the garbage pail.
VERY interesting information if you follow the link to the supporting documents. It would appear that the search warrant is invalid because Chen is employed by Gawker as a JOURNALIST. California’s own laws may have been violated in carrying out this warrant and seizing property.
Even journalists commit crimes and that's what happened here. Journalists don't get a "get-out-of-jail-free card" -- just because they are journalists. I would like to see him apply that one when he's running a red light and speeds away from a pursuing cop ... LOL ...
The crime didn't have anything to do with his "journalism" -- it had to do with his criminal activity in buying a device that was lost and he appropriated the lost device for himself, and paid $5,000 for it.
Whatever he does in writing for the website and/or magazine -- is just fine. When he commits a crime, however, that's another matter... :-)