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providing exclusive rights to imagery of Russia to Moscow?

 
 
Reply Mon 3 Aug, 2015 06:56 am
Well it is clear that if it says "providing exclusive rights to Moscow". " to imagery of Russia" sounds confusing. Has "to" been used properly here? If so, what does it mean?

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UrtheCast, based in Vancouver, is just one of a host of small companies set to provide more frequent and more extensive coverage of Earth’s surface from orbit than has ever been available. The new services are driven by smaller and more capable sensors and other electronics, cloud computing services and reductions in launch costs. UrtheCast, for example, paid exactly nothing for launch. It got its first cameras on the space station in exchange for providing exclusive rights to imagery of Russia to Moscow.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/on-demand-satellites-can-shoot-high-def-video-of-your-car/
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Reply Mon 3 Aug, 2015 10:46 pm
@oristarA,
Is the thread ignored by any one?
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Reply Mon 3 Aug, 2015 11:20 pm
@oristarA,
It's a normal use of to.

means only Russia can use the images....except for the company taking the images I assume?

oristarA
 
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Reply Mon 3 Aug, 2015 11:33 pm
@dlowan,
dlowan wrote:

It's a normal use of to.

means only Russia can use the images....except for the company taking the images I assume?


If so, "to Moscow" can be removed without losing any original implication?

dlowan
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Reply Mon 3 Aug, 2015 11:50 pm
@oristarA,
Oops...no. I quoted incorrectly. It's Moscow not Russia.


I don't understand the question?

Removing to Moscow means the sentence has no meaning. Only Moscow (actually some official agency or other I assume IN Moscow, perhaps the government?) can use the images of Russia.

Others trying to use them would be subject to some sort of sanction.
oristarA
 
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Reply Tue 4 Aug, 2015 12:29 am
@dlowan,
Thanks.
Such usage is useful yet seems not beautiful in grammar.
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