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Originally Posted by DocMike
Big-foot,
Thanks for the insight, never actually considered drone pictures as a privacy issue. I'm really just looking at it as a way of viewing potential fishing spots along a river, searching for potential real "wild life" to avoid and pictures of the scenery.
I will have to look for the NFZ.
Beginner question: What is 107 Certificate? To allow you to "go professional" with your photos/videos or does it deal with NFZ's and other privacy concerns?
By the way, great looking sunset??
DocMike
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GMC answered the 107 question... If you ever want to sell your work, you need to have the commercial certificate. Additionally, your work as a non-commercial pilot cannot be used by any business entity - even if you “give” that work to them for free.
Having a certificate does not give you “much” in terms of rules - actually in some cases, the rules are even more strict.
Many people (non pilots) just don’t understand drones and FAA registration. Threats to blow them out of the sky if flown anywhere near their property are common among the ignorant “haters”. You are required, by law, in the USA to register yourself as a pilot and your drone as your aircraft. Once you do this, you are afforded protection under the law, but also additional scrutiny by the government... That said - your irate neighbor that shot down your drone may have broken the local laws, but he has also committed a federal offense.
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So does it seem like some of the “fun” is being taken away by all this? Yep, it should, because it has. And things are going to get worse, before they get better. All on account of a few bad actors that screwed a great hobby up by doing just totally stupid stuff....
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I like the app UAV Forecast.
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