I would think some of the google street view litigation would provide precedent.

jbow it doesn't interest me but I don't want one looking in my window or yard. I guess I could flash it from the deck... that would likely run it away, lol.

I guarantee you no drone of this type is looking in your window. If you have ever used a GoPro, imagine the view of one from a drone. Just not very likely.

bitflipper
According to the company that owned and operated the drone involved in the skier incident, the drone lost control due to "strong and unforeseen interference on the operating frequency".
 
The question should be: where would a sudden blast of 2.4 to 5.8 GHz come from up on a mountaintop? It would have had to be either a very strong signal, or a narrow beam aimed directly at the drone. Either way, it's unlikely to be an accident. More likely, it was either sabotage or a prank.

I'm guessing, and a sort of bad guess, that there was a TV/Radio antenna around but even then, that's just way too much ... fictional creativity ... to take.
 
Up here in Mt. Hood, there is at least one antenna way up there, and as far as I can see it is way off the snow path'ing for most skiers. The majority of the antennae are in the Beaverton area overseeing the Columbia River on top of the hills, which is on the other side of Portland away from Mt. Hood.

Susan, Frankly yes...  
I started working on a project  which I later found out to be a critical replacement part used in a hunter/killer unmaned aerial vehicle.  I think there are a whole bunch of reasons why one can argue that drones are either a good or bad idea.  As a kid I was worried that some nut like Gaddafi would push "the" button and put an end of our planet as we knew it.  Thankfully that never happened.  I just hope that un-maned doesn't mean without conscience.   Many of those little drones owned by your neighbors are just targets for some people.

I've always been concerned about the ones in the Bagpipes.

What's the difference between a chopped up onion and chopped up bagpipes?
Nobody cries over chopped up bagpipes. 

I'm not concerned about drones, but I Am concerned about some people that drone on and on.  I quit worrying though as soon as I escape to a different room.

What I have been most worried about has happened in this area. I live about 25 miles from DC, but now we cannot fly anything within a 30-mile radius of Reagan National Airport. Model airplane clubs in the area have been told that if they fly an RC airplane, law enforcement will be called and take legal action. This involves ANY model aircraft - drone, RC airplane, model rocket. An activity that has been done in this area safety for over 50 years has been brought to a grinding halt. And to add icing to the cake, the new 'rule' went into effect Christmas day, after everyone received a new drone for Christmas.
 
So instead of taking my grandson out to fly a couple of model rockets by the local school field, we are grounded. Instead of going out to watch some guys fly aerobatics with some beautiful RC airplanes, they are grounded. This is just stupid.
 
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-faa-shut-down-every-drone-club-within-30-miles-of-washington-dc
 
Remember, that the same overreaction has nearly killed operations at the College Park airport. The longest, continuous operating airport in the world is barely staying open due to the restrictions imposed after 9-11.
 
I can't wait to retire and move out of this area. These folks are scared of their own shadow

I don't know.....is there a bag limit on them?

Hi,
 
I think the novelty of the drone thing will wear off some, but yeah, some consistent rules will eventually come around ... however, they will be wide and different ... for example, a drone flying over the cow pasture to count the number of crows and patties or cattle, is in a different zone than one flying over our neighborhood looking at someone's yard where the teenager is sunbathing, and the son is spraying the daughter with a bottle of water!
 
One is an invasion of privacy and the other, likely won't be considered at all.
 
In the end, not everyone will be able to afford the spendy and better drones out there that can see things ... anyway! But that brings things back to those who can and those who can't, and those who can in any country have always flaunted the law, regardless, and in some cases taken the law into their own hands!