We don’t see Gizmodo having a leg to stand on with how they basically are taking the “it’s a journalist” stance on stolen property. Nonetheless, this continues to their approach to the ongoing back and forth legal hassles regarding the prototype iPhone that was featured by them.

According to the NYTimes, Jason Chen has been said to be taking the above approach, and that’s about all he has available to him. But the fact remains clear – it was stolen property. No amount of excuses is going to make this not a fact. So while Chen might be okay from the printing of material aspect of things, it’ll be interesting to see how things go with the receipt of stolen property rap.