****AVOID YOUTUBE!!!! NO 3D Flights or RC Anything!*** FAA has deemed youtube videos "Commercial"

[SleepyC]

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-faa-says-you-cant-post-drone-videos-on-youtube

• 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.
  
  The FAA said that, 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.
  
  "This office has received a complaint regarding your use of an unmanned aerial vehicle (aka drone) for commercial purposes referencing your video on the website youtube.com as evidence," the letter reads. "After a review of your website, it does appear that the complaint is valid."

Remember "planes = Drones" to the FAA.

WUT!??!?!?!

 

[SleepyC]

The FAA letter:

 

[Xpress]

Unless the uploader is being paid for the advertisements in the video, then this is not a commercial operation, and the FAA is in the wrong here (as they have been throughout the entire process regarding model aviation in general).

 

[SleepyC]

Their stance is, since YOUTUBE sells advertisements, if you post and you "COULD" receive money, it's commercial.
It's BS.


B F'ING S!!!

 

[flycanic]

WOW !!! so what are our other options @SleepyC ?

 

[SleepyC]

Trying to figure that out? Maybe a new hosting site!??!?

 

[ericb]

A person would think Youtube would step in and clarify the situation. They stand to loose some advertising $$ if nobody can post aerial videos.

 

[Terryscustom]

Funny that they knew where to send the letter since there is no real private info such as address on YouTube. I wonder if this was just something stupid someone pulled from their arse. I know I'll be posting tons of vids this summer and just got some fresh GoPro mounts to put on a plane so they can suck it and enjoy the video.

 

[tylerzx9r]

Funny that they knew where to send the letter since there is no real private info such as address on YouTube. I wonder if this was just something stupid someone pulled from their arse. I know I'll be posting tons of vids this Winter and just got some fresh GoPro mounts to put on a plane so they can suck it and enjoy the video.

I would continue to push the like button for this comment, but it doesn't allow me to more than once!

 

[Xpress]

I would continue to push the like button for this comment, but it doesn't allow me to more than once!

Just quote it again so you can like it once more! Like this:

Funny that they knew where to send the letter since there is no real private info such as address on YouTube. I wonder if this was just something stupid someone pulled from their arse. I know I'll be posting tons of vids this summer and just got some fresh GoPro mounts to put on a plane so they can suck it and enjoy the video.