[187104] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ICYMI: FBI looking into LA fiber cuts, Super Bowl
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Ferguson)
Tue Jan 19 19:41:57 2016
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From: Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster@mykolab.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 16:41:44 -0800
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On 1/19/2016 4:33 PM, Mario Eirea wrote:
> I'm fairly certain they are most concerned with this specific
> section: "allow unauthorized video coverage of events". It's not
> surprising they threw a drone into the story, seems to be all
> anyone talks about these days...
>
While I agree that the broadcast networks are concerned about
unauthorized recording and/or rebroadcasting of the event, there's
also a precedent on a drone crashing during a high-profile sporting
event in the U.S.:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/04/us/us-open-tennis-drone-arrest/index.html
$.02,
- - ferg
> -----Original Message----- From: NANOG
> [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Doug Barton Sent:
> Tuesday, January 19, 2016 3:58 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re:
> ICYMI: FBI looking into LA fiber cuts, Super Bowl
>
> On 01/19/2016 12:37 PM, Bacon Zombie wrote:
>> Am I the only one who thinks the below line is BS?
>>
>> "...pose a risk of injury to event-goers if an operator loses
>> control."
>>
>> If there is not safeguards in-place for "normal" network issues
>> then we would of heard of injuries before.
>
> I think that line refers to drone operators ...
>
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