Insurance Company Flew a Drone to Take Photos of Man's House and Canceled His Policy - eviltoast
  • dan1101@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You don’t own the airspace over your property. The only way someone might get in trouble for flying a drone over your house is if they were looking in windows or harassing people somehow. Most pics from a drone aren’t a lot different from satellite photography.

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          1 year ago

          I’m not a lawyer, nor do I have the full context of the legislation you’re quoting, but my interpretation of that paragraph is that it only applies to aircrafts that are carrying passengers.

          . . . in the air space in possession of another, by a person who is traveling in an aircraft, is privileged . . .

          You’re the one who does this for a hobby, though. I’m sure that you know the laws more than I do :)

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      1 year ago

      The complaint is not for satellite or airplane photography, it’s for a drone

      Please read the article before commenting

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        *“A customer says that someone on the phone said ‘a drone picture’ and the company denies it, saying they use other imaging.” * Customer could be mistaken, whoever was on the phone may not know that “drone” covers things from 737 Recon Drone to a $10 aliexpress quadcopter.

        I’ll bet $50 it was either a high altitude drone or a satellite image bought from an imaging company, as they’ve been doing for at least 20 years, and not some quadcopter flying just above his yard.

        Please think before commenting.