Apple takes legal action for lost iPhone  

The tale of the lost iPhone prototype has taken a dramatic turn, one that could determine not only whether charges are filed, but also whether or not bloggers should be treated as journalists under the law.

In class we discussed the event, in which an iPhone prototype was "found in a bar" and sold to gadget blog Gizmodo. It was later disclosed that Gizmodo's parent company, Gawker Media, paid $5,000 for the phone, which led to a controversy of whether or not Gawker violated the law by purchasing "stolen property."

Last Friday, police raided the California home of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen, seizing his computers in order to determine if a crime was committed. Gawker is claiming injustice, because legally under shield law, it is illegal for police to confiscate the evidence and property of a journalist.

This case could potentially change the future of reporting on blogs, and makes me quite skeptical that Apple had anything to do with the iPhone leak.

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