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posted by cmn32480 on Sunday September 06 2015, @05:03AM   Printer-friendly
from the a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words dept.

The LA Times reports:

An organization representing news photographers urged California Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday to veto legislation that would restrict the use of drones over private property without the owner's consent.

The legislation would make flying a drone less than 350 feet above private property without consent a trespass violation. Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara), author of the bill, has said the measure would prevent camera-equipped drones from peeping into windows or other invasions of privacy.

Additional coverage has been seen in Forbes magazine of the original bill and the significantly different amended bill. Most of the differences include the removal of the provisions that would require the person whose property is being overflown to actually prove that there was some intent to invade their privacy.

The second blog post (on the amended bill) goes into some detail as to Amazon's proposal for a high speed transit zone in the 200ft-400ft range. The Federal Aviation Administration requires any structure that goes above 200 feet to be marked with lights, etc, as an obstruction to aviation.

Is it possible that the removal of the provisions that would require proof of intent will allow for baseless lawsuits, and be the precursor to the outright outlawing of drones in California?

Another thought in this, is this law being driven by the celebrities in their quest to prevent the paparazzi from invading their private lives?


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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by penguinoid on Sunday September 06 2015, @05:35AM

    by penguinoid (5331) on Sunday September 06 2015, @05:35AM (#232899)

    I actually trained a monkey SWAT team to take out unwanted drones. Unfortunately, they ran off somewhere, probably have been captured and put in cages by now.

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