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Re:SpaceX can't broadcast Earth images because of a murky li... by jonknee on Friday April 06, 2018 @11:23AM (#16773925)
Which makes it even more dumb, the people we don't want taking pictures do so at will while the people we don't mind taking pictures are banned.
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Re:SpaceX can't broadcast Earth images because of a murky li... by dclowd9901 on Friday April 06, 2018 @02:28PM (#16775938)
I don't know about you, but Facebook is under US jurisdiction, and I'd rather they didn't launch a remote-sensing satellite without going through some regulatory hoops.
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Re:SpaceX can't broadcast Earth images because of a murky li... by choward on Friday April 06, 2018 @02:00PM (#16775594)
It's also dumb because it gives them incentive to just move to another country that doesn't care.
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Re:SpaceX can't broadcast Earth images because of a murky li... by cwkoss on Friday April 06, 2018 @02:06PM (#16775672)
Welcome to most laws.
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Re:SpaceX can't broadcast Earth images because of a murky li... by drharby on Friday April 06, 2018 @04:26PM (#16777067)
Speak for yourself - i dont want companies taking pictures.
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Re:SpaceX can't broadcast Earth images because of a murky li... by jonknee on Friday April 06, 2018 @05:33PM (#16777644)
But they do, commercial satellite imagery is a big business (anyone who has used Google Earth knows this). It's just not the business SpaceX is in so it's not worth going through the hassle.
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Re:SpaceX can't broadcast Earth images because of a murky li... by drharby on Friday April 06, 2018 @06:03PM (#16777865)
That wasnt the main idea of my statement.

I contend that my desire differs from parent comments claim

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