Wired has published an article about the guy who found the iPhone prototype.
Since the story is full of quotes from his lawyer, I’ve translated various parts of the story for your convenience.
Gizmodo emphasized to him “that there was nothing wrong in sharing the phone with the tech press,” according to his attorney Jeffrey Bornstein.
“Don’t sue my client. Sue Gizmodo. My client did nothing wrong. My client is a lamb who was led astray by Gizmodo.”
The patron asked Hogan if the phone belonged to him, and then left the bar. Hogan asked others sitting nearby if the phone belonged to them, and when no one claimed it, he and his friends left the bar with the device.
“Finders keepers.”
The owners of the bar told reporters that Hogan didn’t notify anyone who worked at the bar about the phone.
“Losers weepers.”
“He regrets his mistake in not doing more to return the phone,” says Bornstein’s statement.
“My client has since been informed that ‘Finders keepers, losers weepers’ may not hold up in court.”
“Even though he did obtain some compensation from Gizmodo, Brian thought that it was so that they could review the phone.”
“Once again we’d like to direct your attention to Gizmodo and completely ignore the fact that he took $5,000 to give what he knew didn’t belong to Gizmodo to Gizmodo instead of Apple, who he clearly knew it belonged to.”
His attorney says he recently transferred schools and will resume his college education in the fall. He has been working part time at a church-run community center giving swimming lessons to children and volunteered at a Chinese orphanage last year while he was enrolled in a study-abroad program.
“He also volunteers to assist his aunt and sister with fundraising for their work to provide medical care to orphans in Kenya,” his attorney says. “Brian is the kind of young man that any parent would be proud to have as their son.”
“Also, Puppies love this kid! Suing this kid would be really bad PR. You don’t want bad PR, do you? Please don’t sue this kid. I mean, ideally you’d drag this out a little longer, I’ve only gotten about $3,000 of that $5,000 for my fee, and I don’t expect this kid has a nickel beyond what Gizmodo gave him.”
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