Is Your Drone Spying?
Oct 16, 2018 06:34:25 #
This is a law we can all love. Pennsylvania will fine owners/operators of drones that are spying on people or businesses. That can be tricky to define, though. If your drone is flying over any private property, couldn't that be considered spying?
Oct 16, 2018 07:18:10 #
My older son does drone photography and so far I've never viewed any of his work that was lower than twice the height of the tallest building. That being said, a drone does have the ability to fly as low as programmed so privacy challenges would seem valid.
Oct 16, 2018 07:22:23 #
How high above your property is it still considered your property ? Is there an altitude upper limit for drones per FAA... ? All of this will be very interesting as these become more and more prevalent.
Oct 16, 2018 07:35:06 #
MrBob wrote:
How high above your property is it still considered your property ? Is there an altitude upper limit for drones per FAA... ? All of this will be very interesting as these become more and more prevalent.
Interesting. I've only seen footage of the county fair, his neighborhood which happens to be located by a university and the city in which he works. His video is from so high up that it makes cars look like toys. He is aware of FAA regulations so I will ask him. BTW, his drone gives off a loud buzzing noise. You'd swear a huge bee was in the vicinity when it comes in for a landing.
Oct 16, 2018 07:52:57 #
jerryc41 wrote:
This is a law we can all love. Pennsylvania will fine owners/operators of drones that are spying on people or businesses. That can be tricky to define, though. If your drone is flying over any private property, couldn't that be considered spying?
Very tricky!
Oct 16, 2018 08:35:32 #
Oct 16, 2018 08:39:20 #
rpavich wrote:
I can't imagine how they'd define or enforce this boloney.
Subpoena the images and review???
Someone would have to be suspected, accused, or charged first???
Nasty possibilities!
Oct 16, 2018 11:24:23 #
MrBob wrote:
How high above your property is it still considered your property ? Is there an altitude upper limit for drones per FAA... ? All of this will be very interesting as these become more and more prevalent.
The FAA takes the position that a UAS flying in your yard or over your private or business
property is considered to be in navigable airspace. https://www.faa.gov/uas/faqs/ Navigable airspace
is from the ground up. Anyone flying a UAS in compliance with FAA rules is permitted to fly in all
such navigable airspace. It is a federal offense to interfere with the operation of an aircraft, so private
property owners and business owners are prohibited from interfering with or preventing the operations
of a UAS in navigable airspace even if that space is private property.
By the FAA determination that all airspace – from the ground up – is federal navigable airspace for
UAS, the FAA now claims authority to allow UAS access to all superadjacent airspace over private
property. By authorizing all FAA-compliant UAS flights in this previously superadjacent airspace over
private property, the FAA has opened to the general public an enormous amount and variety of space
that had previously been the exclusive private property of the landowners’ reasonable use.
Oct 16, 2018 11:26:47 #
Oct 16, 2018 13:22:04 #
This law will make it more difficult for whistle blowers, as they can no longer present drone video footage as evidence.
Oct 16, 2018 14:18:07 #
rook2c4 wrote:
This law will make it more difficult for whistle blowers, as they can no longer present drone video footage as evidence.
How so?
Oct 17, 2018 06:23:12 #
rpavich wrote:
I can't imagine how they'd define or enforce this boloney.
Maybe the person(s) sitting in their backyard may not think of it as "baloney." Are they at the mercy of your quirky behavior?
Oct 17, 2018 06:41:52 #
berchman
Loc: South Central PA
I don't plan to ever own a drone, but it seems to me that if a woman with a hot body is sunbathing naked or in a brief bikini in her back yard, any normal male would not only have a right but a *duty* to check her out with a drone. I still remember from years ago that my next door's neighbor's college age daughter was pissed that I "looked at" her when she was riding a lawn mower dressed in a brief bikini. :)
Oct 17, 2018 07:18:02 #
MrBob wrote:
How high above your property is it still considered your property ? Is there an altitude upper limit for drones per FAA... ? All of this will be very interesting as these become more and more prevalent.
You do not own any air above ground level. Although there is an FAA easement for homeowners to build up to 82 feet above ground level for their homes. There is also a max allowable height limit of 400 feet above ground level and a line of sight requirement.
Oct 17, 2018 07:30:45 #
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