This isn't very uncommon in geospatial companies, where data is often hundreds of terabytes. I remember there was open government data you could request from US

This isn't very uncommon in geospatial companies, where data is often hundreds of terabytes. I remember there was open government data you could request from USGS (high res satellite imagery of all of the US), it was technically free, but you couldn't download it. You requested it, filled out a form, and they shipped you 4-5 drives with bubblewrap.