Gizmodo Computers Seized In Stolen iPhone Flap.

[FlaGator]

Dont get me wrong, Im no Apple Fanboy. But that was stupid of Gizmodo to do then give a step by step account of how they aquired the thing for money..

Now its going to be a ruling as to if Gizmodo and Chen can get under the laws protecting journalists.

[BSR]

Now its going to be a ruling as to if Gizmodo and Chen can get under the laws protecting journalists.

But the DA is investigating a Felony. There is no protect of journalists or their notes when they are being charged with a feony.

[FlaGator]

But the DA is investigating a Felony. There is no protect of journalists or their notes when they are being charged with a feony.

From what I read, if he is determined to be acting as a journalist then the DA would have been required to use a subpoena instead of a search warrant. The search warrant would then be invalid and all evidence would be fruit of the poison tree and would not be admissible.

I'll see if I can find the link that I gleaned this from.

[FlaGator]

Here is the quote about the issuing of a search warrant..

“Under both state and federal law, a search warrant may not be validly issued to confiscate the property of a journalist,” she wrote in a letter to San Mateo County, Calif., authorities on Saturday. “Jason is a journalist who works full time for our company,” she continued, adding that he works from home, his “de facto newsroom.”

The article is here