2 days ago we presented you with a news story in which we reported that the police in California confiscated 4 computers 2 servers, an iPad tablet and other electronic equipment belonging to Jason Chen, the editor of Gizmodo who presented the world with the prototype of iPhone 4G/HD. From the confiscation until now, Jason Chen has avoided the eyes of the world, but he hastened to hire a famous lawyer specializing in criminal law and another specialized in the first amendment, with the idea of escaping a conviction in the court of law.
You probably didn't know, but in the USA bloggers are assimilated to journalists and have the same rights as them, and in California journalists cannot be searched, Jason Chen's lawyers betting on the fact that the search warrant on the basis of which the equipment was confiscated is null and void, the same idea being shared by some people from the prosecutor's office who are dealing with this case because the investigation was suspended until the prosecutor's office will verify whether the search was made under legal conditions or not.
The research in this case was taken over by a federal agency specially designed to investigate computer crimes, but this agency works in close coordination with several dozen large companies in the US, among them are Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),. Some consider that Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), he used his close relationship with this agency to make an example of Jason Chen and send a rather harsh message to all those who are thinking about something like this in the future.
It is quite clear that Jason Chen is in a not very comfortable position now, and the justice in the US could make him an example in order to scare the other journalists.
