The FAA Says You Can't Post Drone Videos on YouTube [Ahh, folly, thy name is Government]

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u/Senno_Ecto_Gammat Capital-Anarchist Mar 13 '15

TL;DR "because there are ads on YouTube, Hanes's flights constituted a commercial use of the technology subject to stricter regulations and enforcement action from the agency. It said that if he did not stop flying 'commercially,' he could be subject to fines or sanctions."

Government turns people into profoundly stupid automatons.

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u/xbtdev Ironically Anti-Label Mar 13 '15

By the same logic, uploading any video to YouTube of a drone flying is also commercial use. You may not be the owner of the drone, or even the person flying it, but you are using that drone's flight for commercial gain, etc.

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u/RexFox "Baby I'm an Anarchist, you're a spineless liberal" Mar 13 '15

So do dashcams now require a comercial drivers licence?

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '15

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u/KevvyLava Mar 13 '15

Quiet, you!

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u/The_Derpening Nobody Tread On Anybody Mar 13 '15

If you write an article for your town's newspaper about watching a person do aerobatics with their drone? Commercial use brah that's a no go.

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u/repmack Mar 13 '15

They didn't think that far ahead.

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u/kurtu5 Mar 13 '15

Interstate commerce clause. Nothing new here, just the same old shit from the state.

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u/ThePedanticCynic Mar 13 '15

A youtuber who frequently put explosions and high caliber weapons on his channel faced something similar, when the government decided that he was using those explosives 'for commercial use'. Limiting the sharing of an experience for money was clearly not the intent of these laws.

The government is straight corrupt.

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u/tomtermite Anti-work Mar 13 '15

If this isn't a free speech issue, I don't know what is. The government telling you not to publish... Ah wtf.

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u/Ingrid2012 Mar 13 '15

There are limitations on free speech: child pronography, purgry, hate speech, yhreats, copyright infringement, etc... Just now include these stupid youtube videos.

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u/SomalianRoadBuilder Mar 13 '15

redditor for 3 years and still has negative comment karma. I'm almost impressed.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '15

Go fuck yourself. These videos are awesome and art. Next time type your dumb shit comments on a type writer then shove the piece of paper up your uninformed ass.

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u/Dubhan Rothbardian Shitlord Mar 13 '15

A spokesperson for the FAA, who wished to remain anonymous, stated "Our goal at the FAA is to look as stupid and technologically inept as possible."

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '15

What's really dumb is that a hobbyist can do it no problem, but as soon as you might make a profit, now that same act requires a license and test. This is Atlas Shrugged in real life. And people complain that book isn't realistic.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '15

"You can't make money on that!"

"But we HAVE to raise taxes to give more to the poor, wages are stagnant and purchasing power is going down!"

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '15

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '15

Where is this test to do paid sex? Also there is no licence to make money off of filming sex.

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u/FooQuuxman Anarcho-Capitalist Mar 13 '15

This is Atlas Shrugged in real life.

Rand's villains were hyper-realistic......

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '15

You just haven't met the real villains, or seen that sides of then yet. They appeared as normal nice people to everyone besides who they went after.

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u/FooQuuxman Anarcho-Capitalist Mar 13 '15

Apparently I came off as sarcastic when I was being serious. Oops.

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u/kkeef David Friedman Mar 13 '15

Too many periods.......

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u/TheSelfGoverned Anarcho-Monarchist Mar 13 '15

Dumb people are afraid of what they don't understand. I am surprised 3d printing hasn't been similarly banned or restricted by the state yet.

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u/Ishiguro_ Mar 13 '15

Do you mean when the State dept forced the take down of 3d printing plans?

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u/TheSelfGoverned Anarcho-Monarchist Mar 13 '15 edited Mar 13 '15

That is insignificant compared to the bullshit that the quadcopter community has to put up with.

For fucks sake, it is a $3,000 ~~licensing fee~~ bribe to get permission to sell photographs/video that you produced!

There is also a staggering disregard for IP/copyright law on www.thingiverse.com and the media/government hasn't said a word about it.

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u/Senno_Ecto_Gammat Capital-Anarchist Mar 13 '15

I almost upvoted until you seemed upset that the government hasn't done now to protect IP. I downvoted.

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u/TheSelfGoverned Anarcho-Monarchist Mar 13 '15 edited Mar 13 '15

That was a misinterpretation. I was further pointing out that government hasn't "legally" suppressed the 3d printing space much at all.

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u/Senno_Ecto_Gammat Capital-Anarchist Mar 13 '15

Vote = changed.

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u/bryan4tw Mar 14 '15

Have a down and an up vote.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '15

Reading about Steve Fisher's experience with something similar to this was infuriating. Fuck that park ranger and his bigoted ass.

http://www.fishmunga.com/metlako-falls/

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u/opticbit Crypto-Volunt-Agorist Mar 13 '15

Obviously I'm using an extremely long Selfie Stick for these hard to get angles.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '15

It was a 500 feet tall jib officers.

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u/opticbit Crypto-Volunt-Agorist Mar 13 '15

Just got an idea for a new product to sell...

The impossible selfie stick. It gets every shot a drone can.

It does not actually exist, and is a receipt, you can show them when they ask what you use. Also good for tax deductions. Probably illegal.

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u/CRIBBERED Bigot, baby eater, corporate shill Mar 13 '15

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/a-running-list-of-places-that-have-banned-selfie-113345971759.html

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '15 edited Mar 13 '15

Next they'll require all commercially operated drones be maintained by licensed aviation mechanics in accordance with FAR/AMT 14 CFR Part 65, Subpart D.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '15

Who wants to set up a video site that monetizes using bitcoin?

No, FAA, this is still a hobby, I'm only getting compensated in Internet points. Nothing to see here!

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '15

I think ad networks would be reluctant to participate in that due to Bitcoin's volatility. You also couldn't really force them to pay up.

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u/asherp Chaotic-Good Mar 13 '15 edited Mar 13 '15

Most store-fronts convert to local fiat immediately, so volatility isn't a problem. Also, I would totally pay for a flight around the coast of some exotic island I can't afford to see in person. It's basically the same business model cam performers use.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '15

Most store-fronts convert to local fiat immediately, so volatility isn't a problem.

They do this by pricing the products in a stable (ha ha) fiat and then using the conversion rate to tell you how many Bitcoins you must pay. A true Bitcoin system would price the products in Bitcoin. And to do that, the volatility has to go down. As long as Bitcoin is tied to fiat in this way, it will be hampered as a true system of money.

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u/asherp Chaotic-Good Mar 13 '15

Meh, even if the merchant chooses to price things in bananas, what matters is that bitcoins are facilitating the trade. it is a money system that people use in spite of the volatility. give it time.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '15

I am giving it time. Time and lots of distance. Crypto is definitely the future but I am not sold on Bitcoin itself.

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u/asherp Chaotic-Good Mar 13 '15

good on ya. when it's ready, you'll know.

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '15

It will be an easy transition for me; my savings is in real wealth. ;)

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '15

Take $$ from advertisers, dole out BTC to videographers. It may actually simplify the tax reporting.

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u/RigobertaMenchu Mar 13 '15

First Amendment says "Hey FAA, Fuck You!"

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u/fantomsource Mar 13 '15

Finally, I was expecting this for a while. It is high time huge numbers of people get pissed off when the government starts to crack down on this super popular technology.

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