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Re:FAA Admits Names and Home Addresses in Drone Registry Wil... by brudgers on Saturday December 19, 2015 @01:51PM (#10764434)
Nobody is compelled to be a pilot.

Public records that aren't public aren't public records. Holding a pilot's license means having responsibility to the public, with responsibility comes accountability. Celebrities are not entitled to special privilege in the US. We don't have royalty or an aristocracy.

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Re:FAA Admits Names and Home Addresses in Drone Registry Wil... by saurik on Saturday December 19, 2015 @06:14PM (#10765280)
I agree with you about the idea of public records. At the same time, it is not clear to me why someone would need the physical address of someone with a pilot's license. Why is "where this person lives" part of "public record" once you are licensed to fly a plane?
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Re:FAA Admits Names and Home Addresses in Drone Registry Wil... by forgettableuser on Saturday December 19, 2015 @07:22PM (#10765488)
Additionally, police officers have special privilege, but their home information is not disclosed. As are all civil servants from the post office to the IRS.
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Re:FAA Admits Names and Home Addresses in Drone Registry Wil... by brudgers on Saturday December 19, 2015 @07:57PM (#10765586)
The address is where official communications are sent, e.g. the license itself or a subpoena or FAA investigators.
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Re:FAA Admits Names and Home Addresses in Drone Registry Wil... by serge2k on Monday December 21, 2015 @02:03PM (#10772745)
Which is why the FAA needs the data, not a reason to disclose it.
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Re:FAA Admits Names and Home Addresses in Drone Registry Wil... by serge2k on Monday December 21, 2015 @02:02PM (#10772740)
> Holding a pilot's license means having responsibility to the public

uh, no it doesn't.

> Celebrities are not entitled to special privilege in the US

I think the point is more here is 2 recognizable names who also have reason to hide this data.

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Re:FAA Admits Names and Home Addresses in Drone Registry Wil... by forgettableuser on Saturday December 19, 2015 @07:20PM (#10765481) 

    Public records that aren't public aren't public records.
That's a tautology.
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