The state of Texas has made it a crime to take photographs of someone’s property without their consent using a UAV. That new law went into effect September 1, 2013. The law stemmed from an incident in which someone flying an RC airplane captured images of a creek apparently filled with pig’s blood. The photos, which were captured incidentally to the flight, led to fines being imposed against a meat packing plant for illegal dumping.

Now, the Texas legislature has made taking such photos a crime, punishable by a fine of up to $500. Civil penalties of up to $10,000 can be collected from the photographer is the person or organization whose property was captured in the images can show that they were “collected or distributed with malice.”

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