Drone Law Today

Living in the Gray

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Sinopsis

When Part 107 came out last year, I wondered whether this podcast would still be useful. I wondered if it would still serve the purpose we started with – to clear up "drone law" issues that the world seemed confused about. With the FAA's regulations on commercial use *finally* coming out last August, I thought that the misunderstandings might clear up. That the confusion might die away. That the community would have less of a need for a clear, trusted legal perspective. At least in a podcast form. Two recent events have convinced me that this resource is needed now, more than ever. They have shown me that the gray areas in drone law haven't gone away. The confusion persists – just about different things than before. The first thing that happened was in the "Drone Slayer" case. A federal judge "dismissed" a lawsuit brought by a man who's drone was shot down in Kentucky. The lawsuit sought a ruling from the court that drones are aircraft, just like the FAA says (but no judge has agreed with, yet), and therefore