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Re:Show HN: Droners.io – Get anything filmed by a drone by deckar01 on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @11:41PM (#10052141)
Drones are currently classified by the FAA as "model aircraft" and the FAA has tried and failed to sue a person for flying one commercially [1]. The FAA thought they regulated commercial "model aircraft" in 2007, but it was thrown out in court in 2014. Until the FAA can pass it's newly proposed rules, commercial operation of drones is unregulated (aside from standard safety regulations).

[1] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-03-06/drone-pilo...

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Re:Show HN: Droners.io – Get anything filmed by a drone by daveumr on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @11:43PM (#10052144)
That article is outdated, the FAA regulations were drafted this year. I posted a link to them in my other comment (currently directly below)
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Re:Show HN: Droners.io – Get anything filmed by a drone by deckar01 on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @11:49PM (#10052160)
Section 333 is from 2012, but the FAA failed to sue a commercial UAV operator in 2014.
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