In one of those periodic developments that pits questions of privacy against the rights of people to fly camera-equipped UAVs as they’d like, the Missouri legislature began debate this week on a proposed law to prohibit drones from photographing people or their property without consent.

House Bill 1619 was introduced in Missouri’s lower chamber on Tuesday, where it drew markedly contrasting responses. Sponsored by Republican Representative Dean Van Schoiack on privacy protection grounds, the proposal seeks to prohibit using UAVs to “photograph, film, videotape, create an image, or livestream another person or personal property of another person.” If passed, the law would punish violators with misdemeanors were they to capture images of individuals, their homes, or other belongings, and with felonies if those shots were distributed to third parties. 

In a not entirely surprising manner, support and opposition of the bill were largely divided along the…

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Source: dronedj.com