Apple iPhone prototype Ping!
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The police got interested in it because there’s apparently a law in California that makes it illegal for what he did ... that’s apparently what is going on there.
I guess he should have checked with his lawyer first before publishing everything ... LOL ...
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F___ Apple!
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Apple is being petty about this. The guy could have sold it to anyone that might be a competitor, hacker, er, never mind.
California's Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team entered editor Jason Chen's home without him present, seizing four computers and two servers.
They did so using a warrant by Judge of Superior Court of San Mateo. According to Gaby Darbyshire, COO of Gawker Media LLC, the search warrant to remove these computers was invalid under section 1524(g) of the California Penal Code.
Here is all the documentation (Jason Chen's personal details are pixelated).
Search Warrant
Wow, and the guy even returned it.
Serves him right for honesty.
Shoulda sold it to a Chinese outfit for big bucks.
Apple, that where worms live.
I believe Kalifornia also has a law still on the books that makes it a crime not to boil your dust rag after using it. The way people are saying Giz committed a crime have yet to say if the act is a real crime or just another stupid law passed by stupid politicians.
Time to update the 1984 Apple Commercial.
iPhone drauma bump.
I am not seeing the crime here. I daresay this little slip was insulting to Apple, and rather than take their lumps at the human error, they chose to see what they could do for revenge. Rather thuggish. Do not tell me there was no pressure on the cops / DA from someone at Apple. Riiight.
This Gizmondo editor has a right to hold his sources private.
The idea that the phone was “stolen” is ludicrous.
by Jason Kincaid on Apr 26, 2010
Wow. Last week, Gizmodo published a massive scoop when they got their hands on what is mostly likely the next iPhone. At the time there was plenty of talk about the legality of Gizmodo’s actions (as they admitted to paying $5000 for the device). Now Gizmodo has just published a post saying that editor Jason Chen had four of his computers and two servers confiscated last night by California’s Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team, who entered the house with a search warrant.
Gawker’s COO Gaby Darbyshire responded to the actions by citing California Penal Code 1524(g), which states that “no warrant shall issue for any items described in Section 1070 of the Evidence Code”, which protects information obtained in protection of a news organization. Darbyshire also points out that the California Court of Appeal has previously found that these protections apply to online journalists (O’Grady v. Superior Court).
In Gizmodo’s post, Chen recounts last night’s events. Chen wasn’t home when the raid began, and came home after officers had already been in his house for hours. Chen’s door was broken open because he wasn’t home to open it. He wasn’t arrested, but police seized external hard drives, four computers, two servers, phones, and more.
The document detailing what police intended to seize refers to Apple’s “prototype 4G iPhone” and is also referred to as “stolen” (Gizmodo has contended that the device was found in a bar, not stolen). Also note that all of this went down on Friday night, and Gizmodo didn’t say anything until today.
Here’s Chen’s full account, via Gizmodo:
Hahaha violate it and apparently you forfeit all your apple gadgets hahahahah.
Well...
I believe that Jobs; the DA and the Police are wrong here.
Sorry.
Does anything good come out of California?