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Invasion of privacy

Should your property rights extend into the sky abave you

  • Yes, you should own the air above you to a reasonable altitude

    Votes: 5 83.3%
  • No, you can't own air, your property ends where air begins

    Votes: 1 16.7%

  • Total voters
    6
There is no privacy when it comes to flying overhead . . . I have a detailed map of my land taken from space through a private company - I could have purchased one with more detail, up to 3 meters, but it was bigger and wouldn't satisfy my needs. For more money I could have found one for 1-meter. . . or less.

Don't mistake distance for an inability to see - it wouldn't matter if one is interested enough and their eye is aided and they are looking.

How much do those maps cost?
 
You property doesn't even include the air inside of your house. There are laws on the books that make it illegal for you to watch television signals that originate from other cities via satellite despite those signals being beamed onto the roof your your home. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a proponent of broadcast signal piracy but I do think the onus should be on the broadcaster to make their signals unwatchable without the agreed upon subscription, and not criminalizing the viewer for accessing a signal that without his consent landed on his property. Owning equipment that can descramble other city satellite signals and even books instructing you how to do so can make you subject to civil and possibly criminal liability.

The gist is your local TV stations want exclusive rights to your TV viewing of ABC, CBS, CW, FOX, PBS and NBC. Due to their power to help or harm politicians' public image, the TV station lobby got them to make federal laws that make sure you can only watch the local TV stations that are in your city. To understand their position, their business model is based on being able to sell your eyes and ears to local businesses for advertisement revenue. However if you're watching Big Brother from the Dallas station but you live in Houston, the Houston TV station can't make any money off of you. Problem is, what if the Houston station cancels Big Brother that night to run their hurricane preparedness special? Or What if you're from Dallas but you moved to Houston for a job but still want to watch local Dallas news? Enter big government to tell you no you can't even though the technology of 2013 that wasn't yet invented when TV first went on the air makes it possible. In fact right now regardless of where you live New York, Los Angeles and a few other out of town cities' TV stations are being beamed onto the roof of everyone's home in America. Use to live in LA and want to watch the LA evening news? Sorry, its against the law. In case anybody was curious. Similar laws are on the books regarding cell phone signals that enter your home without your consent but for different reasons.

bwhahaha thats funny! I watch TV from several different cities, dont need any special equipment (or books). The TV police have never showed up at my door.
 
Why dont you just go to their airport and tell them yourself? You could take photos and bring them with you. I mean they must be somewhere local.

I suspect all the guys at the local airport are aware that your wife gardens nude so they always come and take a peek. if you show up and talk to them in person I am sure they will stop doing that.

I suspect he is inside controlled air space and not in VFR air space for small aircraft and the pilots don't get a say in where they go or at what altitude they are flying at.
 
bwhahaha thats funny! I watch TV from several different cities, dont need any special equipment (or books). The TV police have never showed up at my door.

There are loopholes, aside from hacking YOUR OWN equipment. RV and luxury boat owners are given an exemption under the presumption their TVs travel beyond home metro areas. Plus there are online streaming options like Slingbox, Roku, AppleTV, regular computers connected to TVs, etc. that most people aren't aware of; the later 3 limited to just locally originated programming and only of some TV stations. Plus, with some amplification antennas you can pick up neighboring cities.

So are you legal or can't talk about it :mrgreen:?
 
C'mon fly boys, tell me what gives you the right to swoop in over my house for a closer look. Tell me how that's different than me looking in the windows of your house.

As I said, if they are in controlled airspace, they are being told where to go and at what altitude to stay, not "swoopin in over your house for a closer look".
 
How much do those maps cost?

Terraserver is an online company and you can order prints of their already existing images. Less than $200 for a large poster size one.
Anything more detailed than what's readily available through the quality of Google images and the price skyrockets significantly.
Some private companies will do it on request at the cost of thousands.

And of course flight surveillance companies can also be hired for helicopter/etc - also costing thousands.

Businesses use such services to aid in the development and selling of land, etc.
 
As I said, if they are in controlled airspace, they are being told where to go and at what altitude to stay, not "swoopin in over your house for a closer look".

Not controlled air space, I am 100 miles from the nearest international airport and 20 miles from the nearest small plane airport.
 
Terraserver is an online company and you can order prints of their already existing images. Less than $200 for a large poster size one.
Anything more detailed than what's readily available through the quality of Google images and the price skyrockets significantly.
Some private companies will do it on request at the cost of thousands.

And of course flight surveillance companies can also be hired for helicopter/etc - also costing thousands.

Businesses use such services to aid in the development and selling of land, etc.

I know a guy that does aerial art photos with a big kite. Sounds like it would be just as economical to build my own kite or drone. lol
 
There are loopholes, aside from hacking YOUR OWN equipment. RV and luxury boat owners are given an exemption under the presumption their TVs travel beyond home metro areas. Plus there are online streaming options like Slingbox, Roku, AppleTV, regular computers connected to TVs, etc. that most people aren't aware of; the later 3 limited to just locally originated programming and only of some TV stations. Plus, with some amplification antennas you can pick up neighboring cities.

So are you legal or can't talk about it :mrgreen:?

I am legal right now its just a antenna not satellite. I used to have a c-band satellite that got some what was supposed to be pay for channels. Never figured out why it didnt have a descrambler. But a bad storm fried it in one bad lightning strike.
 
C'mon fly boys, tell me what gives you the right to swoop in over my house for a closer look. Tell me how that's different than me looking in the windows of your house.

Ummm 495 feet and standing on my property... :doh

This is the first time you have mentioned your nude old lady in a rant about low flying aircraft. First rant I recall was anger over DEA choppers and wanting to shoot at them. Ya sure 'they' want a peek at an older lady or are they more interested in that plot of funny looking weeds out back? ;)
 
I am legal right now its just a antenna not satellite. I used to have a c-band satellite that got some what was supposed to be pay for channels. Never figured out why it didnt have a descrambler. But a bad storm fried it in one bad lightning strike.

Roku is the new c-band ��. I think they're up to 800 channels, no bulky equipment to make your HOA mad and super cheap in comparison. Btw: cable TV is terrified of it and often your Internet provider, who is often the same company, blocks access to the right ports. I had to get roku tech support on the phone to help me get around the obstacles my cable tv/isp put up for about 45 mins. I still have cable though.
 
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