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4 Minute Roundup: Legal Implications of Gizmodo iPhone Caper

by Mark Glaser, April 30, 2010

Tagged: apple, eff, gawker, gizmodo, iphone, jason chen

Here's the latest 4MR audio report from MediaShift. In this week's edition I focus on the brouhaha surrounding Gizmodo obtaining a next-generation prototype of the Apple iPhone. The tech blog paid $5,000 for the prototype, took it apart, and then returned it to Apple. But police raided Gizmodo editor Jason Chen's house and took away computers, hard drives and cameras, a move that Gawker Media says was not legal. The case brings up questions of journalistic integrity and might affect how the shield law for bloggers progresses in Congress, according to MediaShift legal correspondent Jeffrey Neuburger.

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Background music is "What the World Needs" by the The Ukelele Hipster Kings via PodSafe Music Network.

Here are some links to related sites and stories mentioned in the podcast:

This Is Apple's Next iPhone at Gizmodo

The Tale of Apple's Next iPhone at Gizmodo

The iPhone Leak Gets Ugly - Police Raid Gizmodo Editor's House, Confiscate Computers at TechCrunch

The Gizmodo Warrant - Searching Journalists in the Terabyte Age at Freedom to Tinker blog

OverREACTing - Dissecting the Gizmodo Warrant at EFF

Don't Prosecute Gizmodo for the iPhone That Walked Into a Bar at Slate

Police poised to expand iPhone prototype probe at CNET

Journalist shield law may not halt iPhone probe at CNET

Also, be sure to vote in our poll about what you think about the Gizmodo iPhone story:

Mark Glaser is executive editor of MediaShift and Idea Lab. He also writes the bi-weekly OPA Intelligence Report email newsletter for the Online Publishers Association. He lives in San Francisco with his son Julian. You can follow him on Twitter @mediatwit.

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Here's the latest 4MR audio report from MediaShift. In this week's edition I focus on the brouhaha surrounding Gizmodo obtaining a next-generation prototype of the Apple iPhone. The tech blog paid \$5,000 for the prototype, took it apart, and then returned it to Apple. But police raided Gizmodo editor Jason Chen's house and took away computers, hard drives and cameras, a move that Gawker Media says was not legal. The case brings up questions of journalistic integrity and might affect how the shield law for bloggers progresses in Congress, according to MediaShift legal correspondent Jeffrey Neuburger.\n\nCheck it out:\n\n

\n\n\n\n>>> \"Subscribe to 4MR\":http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/audio_podcast.xml <<<\n\n>>> \"Subscribe to 4MR via iTunes\":itpc://www.pbs.org/mediashift/audio_podcast.xml <<<\n\nListen to my entire interview with Jeff Neuburger:\n\n

\n\n\n\nBackground music is \"What the World Needs\" by the \"The Ukelele Hipster Kings\":http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=1930 via PodSafe Music Network. \n\nHere are some links to related sites and stories mentioned in the podcast:\n\n\"This Is Apple's Next iPhone\":http://gizmodo.com/5520164/this-is-apples-next-iphone at Gizmodo\n\n\"The Tale of Apple's Next iPhone\":http://gizmodo.com/5520471/the-tale-of-apples-next-iphone?skyline=true&s=i at Gizmodo\n\n\"The iPhone Leak Gets Ugly - Police Raid Gizmodo Editor's House, Confiscate Computers\":http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/26/the-iphone-leak-gets-ugly-police-raid-gizmodo-editors-house-confiscate-computers/ at TechCrunch\n\n\"The Gizmodo Warrant - Searching Journalists in the Terabyte Age\":http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/paul/gizmodo-warrant-searching-journalists-terabyte-age at Freedom to Tinker blog\n\n\"OverREACTing - Dissecting the Gizmodo Warrant\":http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/gizmodo-search-warrant-illegal at EFF\n\n\"Don't Prosecute Gizmodo for the iPhone That Walked Into a Bar\":http://slate.com/id/2252276 at Slate\n\n\"Police poised to expand iPhone prototype probe\":http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20003477-37.html?tag=mncol;txt at CNET\n\n\"Journalist shield law may not halt iPhone probe\":http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20003539-37.html?tag=mncol;txt at CNET\n\nAlso, be sure to vote in our poll about what you think about the Gizmodo iPhone story:\n\n\n

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\n\nMark Glaser is executive editor of MediaShift and \"Idea Lab\":http://www.pbs.org/idealab. He also writes the bi-weekly OPA Intelligence Report email newsletter for the \"Online Publishers Association\":http://www.online-publishers.org. He lives in San Francisco with his son Julian. You can follow him on Twitter \"@mediatwit\":http://www.twitter.com/mediatwit.

Gizmodo editor Jason Chen shows off the next-generation iPhone. His house was raided by police and computers were confiscated.

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