Gizmodo to Sue Police After Raid
There’s no doubt that the iPhone HD debacle is in nowhere near over, especially when things like this keep happening. Ridiculous things, is what we mean, not necessarily suing people. According to a recent report, it looks like Gizmodo may go one the offensive, and try to the best of their ability to get a handle on this escalating situation.
Gizmodo is saying that, if a request had been made for the desired information, they would have happily handed it over. For fear of perjury, the journalism organization would have made sure that no information would have been destroyed, and that anything the police or District Attorney needed or even wanted, they would have made sure they got it.
Additionally, it seems that other reports are saying Apple themselves tried to get their iPhone prototype back from the person who had taken it from the Redwood City bar, but that they were unable to get it back on their own. Of course, what happened next is part of legend, so there’s no need to go over it again. We’re wondering just as much as everyone else how this is going to turn out, so stay tuned.
[via Apple Insider]
They have no right to sue. This isn't like they were protecting a sources confidentiality who was blowing the whistle on a illegal actions taken by a government official.
What the reporter and his superiors did here was despicable.
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Gizmodo's defense that the Shield Law protects Chen is incorrect. It does not. The Shield Law protects a journalist's source from elaborating on illegal activities that they, or someone they know, has committed. The Shied Law does not protect against journalists breaking the law. And that's exactly what Chen, and whoever told Chen to do it, did. Buying stolen property, which was obviously stolen, is a felony.