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<span style="font-size:11pt">I am participating in the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Ethics, Legal and Policy subgroup [1] meeting on April 8th , 2021. I would appreciate any information on the following questions, so I can learn more.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">Is it ethical for any GIS/EO vendors to trademark or use any aspects of “the Science” for marketing of their brand and products? If so, what is “the Science”? Is Vendor “sponsored Science” ethical?</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">What will be the impact of this for our future generations? </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">Is there any examples of policy guidelines or publications in this area? Thanks.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">Best wishes,</span><br>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">Suchith</span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt">[1] </span><span style="color:#000000"><a href="https://www.earthobservations.org/data_wg.php"><span style="font-size:11pt">https://www.earthobservations.org/data_wg.php</span></a></span></p>
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