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From: Pd on 27 Apr 2010 07:20 <http://gizmodo.com/5524843/police-seize-jason-chens-computers> Police raid Jason Chen's house, take computers and drives apparently using an invalid search warrant. -- Pd
From: Jim on 27 Apr 2010 07:32 On 2010-04-27, Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: ><http://gizmodo.com/5524843/police-seize-jason-chens-computers> > > Police raid Jason Chen's house, take computers and drives apparently > using an invalid search warrant. > As I undertand it they're claiming it's invalid due to the time (9.45pm). However, it was valid between 7pm and 10pm, so it appears fine. What gets me is this: Gizmodo _knew_ that they were buying a device that was being sold to them by someone other than the actual owner. How is that not theft? They could argue that they bought it with the sole intention of returning it to Apple, but given that they held onto it for a week, *dismantled it* and photographed it six ways from Sunday, then I wish them the very best of luck with that. They're going to need it. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't connected to anything." The Daily Mash.
From: Jim on 27 Apr 2010 07:37 On 2010-04-27, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-04-27, Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: >><http://gizmodo.com/5524843/police-seize-jason-chens-computers> >> >> Police raid Jason Chen's house, take computers and drives apparently >> using an invalid search warrant. >> > > As I undertand it they're claiming it's invalid due to the time (9.45pm). > However, it was valid between 7pm and 10pm, so it appears fine. Sorry, 7AM, not pm. Found the original link: <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/04/26/gizmodo-editors-house-searched-by-police-last-friday/> "Darbyshire also took issue with the search's time -- it wasn't approved as a "night search" according to the warrant, but took place at 9:45pm local time." .... "Legal code (quoted in the comments below) says the search can take place between 7am and 10pm, which means the "night search" argument is already invalid." Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't connected to anything." The Daily Mash.
From: Woody on 27 Apr 2010 07:43 Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > <http://gizmodo.com/5524843/police-seize-jason-chens-computers> > > Police raid Jason Chen's house, take computers and drives apparently > using an invalid search warrant. So invalid as they went at the wrong time. I guess inconvenience is what you get for selling stolen goods -- Woody
From: Jim on 27 Apr 2010 07:47
On 2010-04-27, Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: >> <http://gizmodo.com/5524843/police-seize-jason-chens-computers> >> >> Police raid Jason Chen's house, take computers and drives apparently >> using an invalid search warrant. > > So invalid as they went at the wrong time. Except they didn't. It was valid up until 10pm. > I guess inconvenience is what > you get for selling stolen goods Yep. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't connected to anything." The Daily Mash. |