Media coverage of Texas "drone" law

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If it says Fox then the word news is quite questionable after that.

The first 2 paragraphs of the article are a classic though.

A hobbyist using a remote-control airplane mounted with a digital camera just happened to capture images last year of a Dallas creek running red with pig's blood. It led to a nearby meatpacking plant being fined for illegal dumping and two of its leaders being indicted on water pollution charges.

Yet, a Texas law that took effect Sept. 1 tightened rules not on polluters but on taking such photographs, an effort to better protect private property from drone surveillance.

Then it follows with this gem

More than 40 state legislatures have debated the increasing presence of unmanned aircraft in civilian airspace, with most of the proposals focused on protecting people from overly intrusive surveillance by law enforcement.

But Texas' law tips the scales in police favor -- giving them broad freedoms to use drones during investigations and allowing them to bypass a required search warrant if they have suspicions of illegal activity -- while also limiting use of small drones by ordinary residents.

So these laws are to stop people from seeing illegal activities by others as in the first paragraph but then allow the police to use these purely for spying and no need for a search warrant.

If I was in texas I would simply ignore such laws as they are complete crap, if its an issue of privacy then this should be a law for both civilians and law enforcement/military/google. You cant pass laws saying its for protecting privacy then also give yourself unlimited powers way beyond what you make illegal for everyone else.
 
Topics like this must have gone to Supreme Court.

How are paparrazi's allowed to photograph stars on their own property or elsewhere?

What about Google Earth? How is Google Earth and all the people that use it allowed to use the tool?
 

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