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Old Jun 12, 2006 | 6:05 am
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Originally Posted by dhuey
Now, is there a federal statutory right to fly? Well, it's interesting that neither Gilmore nor the Ninth Circuit even made any arguments under 49 U.S.C. Section 40103. I looked at the list of cases citing this section, and none seemed to pertain to any individual rights.
As much as I like what the EFF tries to do (and I was a member of it for awhile), they do have a rep for screwing up important cases like this one that can cause problems.

For those who don't know about Gilmore, he was one of the co-founders of the EFF.
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