How drone pilots, photographers skirt federal ban on commercial use

QUOTE: "<snip> real-estate photographers interviewed by the Republic -- some of whom agreed to speak only on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals from the government agency, which is already in court with commercial UAV operator Raphael Pirker -- are clinging to what they believe to be a loophole in the regulations as they stand. Their UAV operations, they suggest, are not commercial in nature. They're not charging for capture of the photos and videos, but rather for editing them. <snip>"

Continued: Free photos, editing extra: How drone pilots, photographers skirt federal ban on commercial use ...

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A lot of real estate companies are using "drones". Check this out:

http://www.halstead.com/about-us/marketing/drone-helicopter

it looks like the FAA may not have jurisdiction in "Class G" space anyhow.

http://gigaom.com/2013/12/08/so-you-want-to-fly-drones-heres-what-the-law-says/

Another interesting read on the FAA and Drone use..
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weath...-commercial-use-and-faa-restrictions/19485832

Thanks for the links. I was surprised to read such an informative article on UAVs from Accuweather. Good find.

Note: I don't have a full understanding of the following, just grabbing us some resources to ponder....stuff is pretty ill defined.

So as you guys probably already know, Oregon does have UAV Legislation on the books:
https://olis.leg.state.or.us/LIZ/2013R1/Measures/Text/HB2710/Enrolled
HB2710 from 2013. Basicly concerned with Public/Law Enforcement "Drones" and Weaponized UAVs.

Right in the beginning they exude "model Aircraft" defined by section 336 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CRPT-112hrpt381/pdf/CRPT-112hrpt381.pdf

So again, I seems at least in Oregon we don't have clear answers on the type of use we'd have in mind. Just don't had stinger missiles to it

Another interesting article:
http://singularityhub.com/2014/02/1...hts-challenges-in-regulating-civilian-drones/

As a follow up to the car crash story at sUAS dot com there is info about the pilot is now suing the police for questioning him at the scene. I am on a phone so it is hard to add the link here.

There is also talk about first amendment rights and journalism extending to drones:
http://www.suasnews.com/2014/02/276...ht-to-photograph-extends-to-drone-journalism/