![]() This is a creative approach-kind of a Jedi mind trick-but not even Steve Jobs' say-so can change what transpired in the beer garden that March night. What, you might ask, was the legal basis for Apple's request? Yesterday word was circulating that Apple considered the phone stolen, not lost, perhaps in an effort to trigger criminal laws against receipt of stolen property. ![]() Returned to its rightful owner." As Lam put it, the whole thing worked out rather well for Gizmodo, which got final confirmation of the authenticity of the device and "warm, fuzzy, huggy feelings of legal compliance." It's not some knockoff, and it really is Apple's, I'm happy to see it Pockets" and adding, "ow that we definitely know Brian Lam, Gizmodo's Editorial Director, was happy to comply with this request, noting in an email to Apple's General Counsel that the device "as burning a hole in our Later last night, Gizmodo broke word that Apple had formally requested return of the device. ![]() New device to a 20-year-old who might just end up selling it on eBay? ( source) He be expected to do then? Walk into an Apple store and give the shiny, That he would receive a call back, but his phone never rang. He thought that eventually the ticket would move up high enough and No one took him seriously and all he got for his He reached for a phone and called a lot of Apple numbers and tried toįind someone who was at least willing to transfer his call to the right Then Gizmodo released details about the Apple employee who lost the phone (doh!), and the efforts of the person who found it to return it to Apple, albeit unsuccessfully: Since yesterday, new details have come to light, and the prodigal "iPhone HD" is headed back to the mothership, thanks in part to decidedly low-tech California law on lost property.Ī legal fight seemed a possibility yesterday, as it became clear that Gizmodo's parent company, Gawker Media, had paid for access to the device. Unless you've been hiding under a rock for the past few days, you've heard that a newfangled iPhone mysteriously turned up in a fancy beer bar in Redwood City, California, and photos of it ended up on Endgadget and Gizmodo. ![]()
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