Los Angeles, CA —When the topics of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or drones are brought up so are the issues of fear, loathing and regulation. Ignorance of the unknown is always a source of difficulty. However take a look at the issues with an open mind. Aerial photography is not new, but until now it was just expensive. We’ve co-existed with fixed wing airplanes and helicopters, all of our lives. It’s settled law that we have no reasonable expiation of privacy outside of our homes and the other shelters we inhabit. For nearly two decades we’ve been under observation from high-resolution cameras mounted on satellites. We’ve all seen those incredible Google Earth views . All of those privacy issues have been addressed and settled in the courts redundantly. Suddenly we have great diminutive cameras and UAV’s to take them to the skies. The privacy laws remain exactly the same. There are huge advantages for these new UAV’s such a...
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