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Don't Ground Me Bro!: Private Ownership Of Airspace And How It Invalidates The Faa's Blanket Prohibition On Low Altitude Commercial Drone Operations, Pierce Giboney

Florida Law Review

In years past, society has typically associated the word “drone” with the War on Terror and far-off battlefields. With the advent of the smart phone revolution, however, the once prohibitive costs of the technology have decreased to a level the general public can afford. As a consequence, a rising number of entrepreneurs associate the word “drone” with opportunity—a means of reaching a new commercial frontier, provided they can get off the ground.

Purportedly due to the lack of a regulatory framework governing the new technology, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has essentially prohibited the use of drones at any altitude …