Tampa FSDO: Posting drone video on Youtube qualifies as commercialdrone operation

Michael Singleton, an Aviation Safety Inspector at Tampa FSDO asserts that ad revenue earned by Youtube on drone footage makes it a commercial use of drones which is prohibited.

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the...eos-on-youtube

So with this "logic" you need to hold at least a commercial pilot license if you're going to post that cool soaring video to YouTube...

On Thu, 12 Mar 2015 19:47:47 -0700, Bruce Hoult wrote:

It's long been established, for example, that you only need a private in
order to do commercial aerial photography.

In Godzonia, maybe, but not in the UK. You need a appropriate license
here for *any* form of paid airwork and, yes, this does include
commercial photography from drones and RC models.



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http://youtu.be/vcV71liAMwc

That FSDO gentleman sounds like another impressive federal government employee. Our government is full of folks of this caliber. How would the country function without them?

I for one always feel better knowing that the FAA is on the case, making the world a better place one act of utter genius at a time. We civilians (see mortals) might not be able to fully grasp all of their wisdom at times, but one must have faith in our federal government. We must trust that they have the best interest of all Americans in mind when confusing statements of this sort are made.

http://youtu.be/HQfzwFloVqA

I always laugh at how any American today can go buy and fly a 60 lbs, ¼ scale turbine F-15 at 300 mph all day long...but a 3 lbs quad-copter with a GoPro taped on its base is considered a serious threat to commercial aviation and society in general.

This is a bit don't difficult to understand at times for sure. Remember, our federal governments collective wisdom is almost divine. It makes little sense to question it...just have a faith :-)

Now, I'm off to go delete the 900 videos which I have posted to YouTube from my little RC quads. This would probably be worth 2 lifetimes in a federal penitentiary from the sounds of it. My day is ruined!

On Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 1:09:41 AM UTC+13, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Thu, 12 Mar 2015 19:47:47 -0700, Bruce Hoult wrote:

It's long been established, for example, that you only need a private in
order to do commercial aerial photography.

In Godzonia, maybe, but not in the UK. You need a appropriate license
here for *any* form of paid airwork and, yes, this does include
commercial photography from drones and RC models.

I can point you to people who have been doing aerial photography in the UK with a private for many years, and hiring others with the same.

On Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 10:41:03 PM UTC-4, wrote:
So with this "logic" you need to hold at least a commercial pilot license if you're going to post that cool soaring video to YouTube...

Logic? Since when did logic become a factor in FAA decisions?

On Fri, 13 Mar 2015 07:03:00 -0700, Bruce Hoult wrote:

On Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 1:09:41 AM UTC+13, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Thu, 12 Mar 2015 19:47:47 -0700, Bruce Hoult wrote:

It's long been established, for example, that you only need a private
in order to do commercial aerial photography.

In Godzonia, maybe, but not in the UK. You need a appropriate license
here for *any* form of paid airwork and, yes, this does include
commercial photography from drones and RC models.

I can point you to people who have been doing aerial photography in the
UK with a private for many years, and hiring others with the same.

Almost certainly they are licensed by the CAA. I didn't say you can't do
it period, just that you require a license to do it. See CAP 658:

http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?
catid=33&pagetype=65&appid=11&mode=detail&id=5631

for the not terribly onerous requirements.


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gregorie. | Essex, UK
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I just gotta ask: How much money have you made from youtube commercials?

On 3/13/2015 6:17 AM, Sean Fidler wrote:
http://youtu.be/vcV71liAMwc

That FSDO gentleman sounds like another impressive federal government employee. Our government is full of folks of this caliber. How would the country function without them?

I for one always feel better knowing that the FAA is on the case, making the world a better place one act of utter genius at a time. We civilians (see mortals) might not be able to fully grasp all of their wisdom at times, but one must have faith in our federal government. We must trust that they have the best interest of all Americans in mind when confusing statements of this sort are made.

http://youtu.be/HQfzwFloVqA

I always laugh at how any American today can go buy and fly a 60 lbs, ¼ scale turbine F-15 at 300 mph all day long...but a 3 lbs quad-copter with a GoPro taped on its base is considered a serious threat to commercial aviation and society in general.

This is a bit don't difficult to understand at times for sure. Remember, our federal governments collective wisdom is almost divine. It makes little sense to question it...just have a faith :-)

Now, I'm off to go delete the 900 videos which I have posted to YouTube from my little RC quads. This would probably be worth 2 lifetimes in a federal penitentiary from the sounds of it. My day is ruined!






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Dan Marotta

On Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 11:05:51 AM UTC+13, Dan Marotta wrote:
I just gotta ask:* How much money have you made from youtube
commercials?

For what it's worth I've been getting a very steady $4 a month for several years from this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDZN21xzsRo

Even with Bruno's and Matt's sheer quantity of much better videos and far higher views (in aggregate) you're not going to make a living from it.

I did actually get paid out $100 or $150 or something for the first time about a year ago.

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