Jeezus..here we go again.!!
'a private pilot who made a video for fun...makes advertising coin from it...are you operating commercially'. Is that a problem ????
Pray tell, WTF has making money from pix, video, whatever, using a drone ( or an aircraft ) got to do with ' Safety'.
As long as any operation is conforming with flight rules. licencing and maintenance then that should be the end of it .
Your business and income for any imagery is the business of no-one else including CAsA
Wasnt that long ago P Gibson, CAsA spin doctor and bs master, was slagging off estate agents and threatening prosecution if they didnt 'cease and desist' using drones for images to enhance a property's sales potential. Not for sale FFS, but to use in their business of selling houses.! But thats bureaurats for ya.!
Illegal Control Freaks.
Now of course, everyone is doing it so that has all fallen off the CAsA table.
On another note,,THINK before you fly...
Young guy just busted ($600, no conviction) for flying drone video of the local calaboose. Nothing bad intended, just curious...but not the place to be 'curious' about
No restricted area ?? No height busts...just the 'authorities' very sensitive about it, not surprisingly.
Cop that, and play with yr new toy elsewhere ..!
As for 'photographers', whether the camera is on a 3' tripod, a 100' ladder or 300' AGL in a drone, they have a right to take a pic from a public space...and earn a living .