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Subject The FAA Says You Can't Post Drone Videos on YouTube

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If you fly a drone and post footage on YouTube, you could end up with a letter from the Federal Aviation Administration.

Earlier this week, the agency sent a legal notice to Jayson Hanes, a Tampa-based drone hobbyist who has been posting drone-shot videos online for roughly the last year.

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-faa-says-you-cant-post-drone-videos-on-youtube
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The FAA [i]didn't[/i] say that one cannot "post drone videos on You Tube."  Rather, the FAA was saying that, under certain circumstances, if one does post drone videos on You Tube, that will lead to such drone use being deemed "commercial," giving rise to FAA jurisdiction (and enforcement).
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Right, because the videos are being "monetized," so the uploader is making cash.  Granted we're talking about a very small amount of cash in this case, but I doubt the amount matters.  The best thing to do is to not monetize your videos.  THEN the argument for the FAA gets difficult and interesting; if you the operator and uploader are not making any money from it, then I find it hard to believe they can successfully argue for jurisdiction simply because google makes money from your youtube video.  In this case the operator unfortunately monetized his video.
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Original Message If you fly a drone and post footage on YouTube, you could end up with a letter from the Federal Aviation Administration.

Earlier this week, the agency sent a legal notice to Jayson Hanes, a Tampa-based drone hobbyist who has been posting drone-shot videos online for roughly the last year.

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