No Charges for Gizmodo in iPhone Prototype Case
The men who found and sold it were charged
Prosecutors are letting Gawker Media’s tech blog Gizmodo off the hook for buying an iPhone 4 prototype after it was found in a Redwood City, Calif., bar in March 2010.
San Mateo County Assistant District Attorney Morley Pitt said that charges would not be brought against former Gizmodo editor Jason Chen, the blogger who posted about the iPhone, or any of the site’s other employees, citing a California law that protects the confidentiality of journalists' sources.
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