Did Gizmodo break the law buy purchasing a stolen iPhone prototype?

Did Gizmodo break the law buy purchasing a stolen iPhone prototype?
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answer:I feel like they are, they had to know that someone doesn’t just turn up with a prototype iPhone. Even if the guy who gave it to them was from Apple, they still would be doing something morally reprehensible by buying it. Will Apple sue? Doubt it, it would only feed the negative media circus. Now what I had heard/read was that the bar patron who found the device tried to give it back to Apple (he was relatively close to The 1 Infinite Loop Headquarters). Apple didn’t believe him, so he sold it to Gizmodo. I’m not sure how much I buy that story, but that is what I have read.
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