Haven't heard anything about attempts to return the phone before Giz bought it..?
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 8:59 PM, phartz...@gmail.com <phartz...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:37 PM, t.piwowar <t...@tjpa.com> wrote > > > So why should effective law enforcement be treated with such contempt? > The > > Prosecutor's job is to prosecute and to win cases. What is wrong with > that? > > You are presuming that the efforts of law enforcement in this case > were and/or are effective. We do know that they did manage to smash > through the front door of a home, so that much they can do. However, > their seizure of equipment and personal property is suspect and may > well have been illegal. I also do not believe there is any talk of > prosecution at this juncture because no one has been charged with any > crime. > > I wonder what party pushed to have the police to become involved in > this situation? Apple Corp. is a corporate partner with the division > of law enforcement that conducted the search of the home and the > seizure of equipment in possession of the editor of Gizmodo who is > said to have been in possession of the iPhone that had been abandoned, > allegedly sold and then returned to Apple. > > It is claimed by the original finder of the lost iPhone, as well as > by Gizmodo, that early attempts to return the phone to the presumed > owner, Apple Corp., were rebuffed and/or ignored. Most likely, the > calls to Apple Corp. about the found phone were considered to be a > hoax or in reference to some iPhone "knock-off." Those initial return > attempts could not get past the first-tier call takers at Apple which > meant that no one higher up at Apple was reachable. That being the > case, the phone was apparently sold to Gizmodo, inspected, and then > handed over to apple upon request. Then came the raid. > > Steve > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
