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NEWS MEDIA UPDATE California · July 22, 2010 · Reporter's privilege
Search warrant for Gizmodo editor's home withdrawn
California county officials last week withdrew a search warrant that was executed months earlier when government-authorized agents from a technology crime task force searched the home of an online news editor and seized computers and servers related to his coverage of an Apple iPhone prototype.
Government-authorized agents from the Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team, which investigates technology-related disputes or crime, in April used the warrant to enter and search the home of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen after the technology website published stories about a yet-to-be-released iPhone model, which was purchased without Apple's knowledge from another individual. The government was reportedly considering whether to file criminal charges in connection with the site’s purchase of a lost iPhone and there was some dispute as to whether the phone had been stolen or lost by an Apple employee.
Though Chen and Gizmodo have agreed to voluntarily furnish law enforcement with specific information about how they obtained the phone now that the search warrant has been withdrawn, the website, owned by . . . [more]
— Cristina Abello, 5:11 pm · Comments: 0
QUICKLINK New Jersey · April 23, 2010 · Reporter's privilege
New Jersey appeals court concurs that blogger is not a journalist
A New Jersey appeals court on Thursday affirmed a lower court's ruling that said a libel defendant could not use the reporter's shield law because not all bloggers are journalists, and the defendant was not engaged in journalism.
The plaintiff, Too Much Media, sued Shellee Hale in New Jersey after she posted comments stating that the company, which works with websites in the adult entertainment industry, was profiting from a security breach in its program.
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— Cristina Abello, 3:22 pm · Comments: 0
QUICKLINK New York · March 3, 2010 · Newsgathering
New York City to grant online journalists press credentials
New York City and Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a new policy that would allow online journalists and bloggers to more easily obtain a press credential, The New York Observer reported.
The proposal is the city's response to a lawsuit filed by three bloggers who were denied press access to city proceedings. The rule would grant a two-year press credential to bloggers or online journalists who could showing they had covered at least "six news events where the City has restricted access" . . . [more]
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