This prohibition shall not apply where the image does not reveal forms identifiable as human beings or man-made objects.
Seems like a poor distinction to me - "identifiable" by what?
A human eyeball, infra-red, multi-spectral analysis?
This would allow imaging of forests, fields, and streams,
but not man-made objects like roads, bridges, dams,
or the more navigable waters (might contain humans).
Perhaps the sponsor expects image-creators to blur out
anything that might be a human or man-made object?
How would this affect the usage of self-driving cars?
You could image a deer crossing the road, but not a human?
(Note the prohibition is on image creation, not publication.)
> This would allow imaging of forests, fields, and streams, but not man-made objects like roads, bridges, dams, or the more navigable waters (might contain humans).
I wonder how much of a stretch it would be to imagine some court ruling that trees could be considered man-made objects if they were planted by humans.
I would say this law would be a pain for farmers and ranchers that are taking the next steps in technology. Plus architects would get caught eventually.
> "How would this affect the usage of self-driving cars? "
It wouldn't. Puzzlingly, this law seeks to ban aerial drone surveillance while explicitly allowing any surveillance, by person or drone, conducted by a device or person supported by the ground.
So an aerial paparazzi drone would be illegal. But a veritable army of paparazzi ground drones, even ringing a property and photographing every inch of the same people and/or structures, would be legal.
Another loophole is that the bill states that any device affixed to the ground is acceptable. A weather balloon and a camera tethered to my car with several hundred meters of rope would presumably be alright.
Seems like a poor distinction to me - "identifiable" by what? A human eyeball, infra-red, multi-spectral analysis?
This would allow imaging of forests, fields, and streams, but not man-made objects like roads, bridges, dams, or the more navigable waters (might contain humans).
Perhaps the sponsor expects image-creators to blur out anything that might be a human or man-made object?
How would this affect the usage of self-driving cars? You could image a deer crossing the road, but not a human? (Note the prohibition is on image creation, not publication.)