Not the Drones again
Because this topic keeps coming up I wanted to see if there were actual court rulings on drones and airspace. It appears home owners do own some of there air space. In the case of United States v...
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monkey44 wrote:
Let me only offer this as regards a 'test case' ...
If a drone was hovering over my property, shooting photos of my kids or grand kids (or event he adults) - I'd be the first one in line to become that test case. And, the drone would be absent as evidence, well, maybe the pieces could become an exhibit.
We're pretty flexible generally, not overly aggressive, never go looking for trouble, try to bother no one, and believe in the freedoms this country offers - but that means if some guy thinks his freedom includes removing some of my freedom - namely peace and quiet on my property - where we expect privacy - we will have at it. Leave me in peace, and we'll leave you in peace.
And something else to think about: The laws regards this, and any other activity, only penalize those that break it (always open to interpretation in a court too) - The law cannot stop anyone from performing an act, it can only punish those that do it after the fact.
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And it really is not a test case and in some incidence after sending down the penalty it can be included not to do it anymore near the plaintiff's property. Anyone can take any of these incidences, as I mentioned earlier, to your local civil court and receive satisfaction.
With the ability to take actual live pictures with cell phones you have the ultimate proof to accompany your filing. For about $20.00 bucks filing fee, depending on your state, you can file a complaint in your local civil court "without" an attorney.
There was talk that the gov would 'require' all drones sold after Jan 1 to must be registered and then be given a number to affix to their drone. And if caught without the number on the drone the owner would be charged a hefty fine. I do believe that this passed.
Once this is in place I think a lot of the nuisance, voyeurism and irresponsible kids with drones will cease and desist.
I have used the civil court system many times with renters, the dirt bike rider neighbors all the way up to a very popular balloon ride company with great success all for 20 bucks!
The balloon company said they had the right to 'all the air space'......well they do NOT when they are coming down low enough over my pasture to show the occupants my horses which in turn sent them dangerously scattering trying to get away.
Your local civil court system is your friend. Very affordable and IMHO more importantly you don't need an attorney!:C
