There is always someone out there to screw things up

Someone just sent this link to me and asked if it was legal.  Dah!

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/05/so-this-is-how-it-begins-guy-refuses-to-stop-drone-spying-on-seattle-woman/275769/

...Tiger

When I read reports in the news it always makes me wonder because so much information is lacking since the news in our country is just deteriorating into hear say and sensationalism.

For example:
- Who is this woman making the complaint?
What's her background?  Is she one of the crazies who attends city council meetings shouting "No Drones, No Drones, No Drones!"

- Where does she live?
Does she live across the street from a park or a school?  In the article they state that she heard the buzzing from her third story window.  Does she live in an apartment?  They didn't bother to talk about facts of the living situation.

- Who was "The Stranger"?
Was he a neighbor?  If she lives in an apartment she may not even know all her neighbors, especially one of their visitors who may own a drone.  Obviously the stranger left and didn't really make a big fuss outside of stating his belief in his right to fly.  The news didn't have have of the story so they biased the report from the start and were looking for sensationalism pure and simple.  Mention "Drones" in the news for a few quick eyeballs since we're getting numb to the terrorist reporting.

In my opinion we don't need any additional legislation or laws in regard to remotely operated vehicles of any kind in respect to looking into windows, which is one of the most cited problems the anti-drone folks worry about, because we already have laws about that.  Even if you ask the most ignorant person on the street if it was OK to take a camera and take photos peering into people's windows they will know it's wrong and if you get caught you are going to be in trouble.  What's the difference if you do it standing outside the windows with the camera in your hand or mounting it on a drone?

Common sense left America a long time ago.