How You Too Can Be Shut Down By the Feds For Flying Drones

An anonymous reader writes "University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor Matt Waite waived a government cease and desist letter recently received for his experiments using 3-pound, $500 drones for news reporting (specifically, for a story about drought in Nebraska). He gave journalism organizations the lowdown on what they can expect from the government on this front going forward and said he's posting his experience in trying to get certified by the FAA on GitHub so they can follow along."

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WTF? NON COMMERCIAL ONLY PEOPLE

[Anonymous Coward]

How the heck did he think what he was doing was legal? Right now, its ONLY LEGAL FOR HOBBYISTS. NON-COMMERCIAL ONLY ARE THE ONLY DRONES ALLOWED IN THE SKY. I hope this news reporter gets grilled.