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From: lynx@qantel.UUCP (D.N. Lynx Crowe@ex2207)
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Subject: Re: SPOT and Imaging Satellites
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Date: Tue, 18-Mar-86 15:44:16 EST
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Regarding the tv networks and high resolution orbiting cameras:

This might be amusing.  We could then actually watch history in
the making.  It might actually be worth buying a satellite dish
at that point, assuming they didn't scramble the video too badly.

As to the government's response:  somehow I don't think they'd
like it too much.  No government seems to like the idea that its
activities are open to inspection by the public.

Even more important is the question:  what happens to one's right
to privacy in such a case?  Example:  nude sunbathing in one's own
backyard, etc.

D.N. Lynx Crowe

"Government is an organized crime."