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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 319653" data-attributes="member: 1061">Re: "Photographer" is attacked after taking photos of beach goers with his quadrocoptFor the sake of argument, let's replace the drone with a live person. Since most of these drones are camera/video equipped, let's make that person a photographer.Is a photographer allowed to wander onto someone's private property to take photographs? The vast majority of the time, the answer is no. You can photograph someone's private property while on public property (ie: taking pictures from the street or sidewalk), but you cannot set a single foot on private property without being in violation of the law.If you, as a photographer, ventured onto someone's property to take photos and video, what would you do if the owner came outside wielding a weapon and told you to leave? I'm willing to bet that most people would apologize and get the hell out of there. I'm also willing to bet that if the property owner shot the photographer dead on the spot, most courts would side with the property owner. There is an old saying that goes: possession is 9/10 of the law, and while some would argue against the morality of taking extreme measures in this instance...there is no denying that the property owner has exercised his rights under protection of the law, and the photographer has violated those rights and the law.This is no different. I'm fairly certain that since the drone is piloted by a human, the law will be interpreted the same as if the pilot himself had ventured onto private property.</blockquote>

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