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FAA Tells Police How to Handle Illegal Drone Encounters

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While the drone market continues to expand, the legality of operating them continues to be more up in the air than ever before. Earlier this month, the FAA released a new directive to local law enforcement agencies on how to handle encounters with drone operators.

While I am a lawyer, I am not your lawyer and this is an editorial commentary on newsworthy issues rather than legal advice.  Unless you’re paying a lawyer, you aren’t really getting legal advice, and what you are getting on websites, blogs and forums is worth just what you paid for it. If you are busted by the FAA for violating its regulations, get an aviation lawyer who knows their way around the administrative process. Do not solicit legal advice online. That free advice will be the most expensive you ever take.  [Read more…]

Massive Drone Roundup from CES 2015

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Every year at CES, something sticks out as just an over-the-top technology that seemingly everyone is pushing. A few years back, it was 3D TV. Last year, it was 4K TV and wearables. At CES 2015, there is a good case to be made that the drone is the thing.

Every corner I turned on the show floor, it seemed like I cam across a new drone from a new company. There are so many drone companies with new drones that CES even set aside an Unmanned Systems section on the massive show floor.

Unmanned Systems at CES 2015

I’ll look more closely at a few of the drones in upcoming posts here at Photography Bay. For now though, this roundup should give you an idea of just how crazy the drone market is about to be.

What follows is every drone I could find at CES. Unfortunately, there are so many tucked away in various corners of the show that I have surely missed some. [Read more…]