Important Legal Questions Arise From Gizmodo iPhone Fiasco

The potentially illicit procurement and subsequent return to its owner of an Apple iPhone by staff members of Gawker Media gadget blog Gizmodo is now more than a fun exercise in sensationalist meta-journalism or a case study in an Internet audience’s insatiable hunger for news about Apple’s consumer products. Following a raid by California police of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen’s domicile, questions about Gawker Media’s reportorial practices and the the status of its journalists have taken on legal significance.

Gizmodo had paid

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