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Hey all!
Question for you guys, I would like to split up into a couple parts..
TL;DR - If I shot something as a hobbyist and after I get my part 107, can I sell the footage from when I was a hobbyist or will FAA make me re-do my flight?
I have been on a roadtrip the past 6 months shooting drone footage a long the way. It was not my intentions to sell this footage as that would be illegal as I am only a hobbyist without my part 107.
I am now looking into completing my part 107 so I can fly commercially.
Is the footage I took as a hobbyist illegal for me to sell even after I get my part 107?
example: Took nice shot as a hobbyist, but not 107, then I get my part 107, does that give me the right to sell my shot I took as a hobbyist, or do I have to go "re-do" the shot while having my part 107?
That was the first part of the question, lets talk about the 2nd... so I have all of these great shots that I have already completed as a hobbyist but I have recently found out I can sell these drone shots as stock images and make money. That would then classify my pictures as commercial but my original intention was for hobby. Would it still be illegal for me to sell these pictures I took as a hobbyist?
[In my opinion, if my original intent was for me to just do the pictures as a hobby, I went out and had a safe flight, and then later decided to sell these images, it doesn't seem logical to have to go get my part 107 for a shot that was previously flown in order for me to sell it legally. The shot has been done, taken place, it was safe. Unless the FAA says I can never sell those shots as it was a hobbyist, they would force me to re-do an entire drone flight with my part 107, which again, in my opinion, increases room for error etc. as I have to re-do everything while I have already previously completed the flight and got the shots]
Thank you in advance for your help and information!
Question for you guys, I would like to split up into a couple parts..
TL;DR - If I shot something as a hobbyist and after I get my part 107, can I sell the footage from when I was a hobbyist or will FAA make me re-do my flight?
I have been on a roadtrip the past 6 months shooting drone footage a long the way. It was not my intentions to sell this footage as that would be illegal as I am only a hobbyist without my part 107.
I am now looking into completing my part 107 so I can fly commercially.
Is the footage I took as a hobbyist illegal for me to sell even after I get my part 107?
example: Took nice shot as a hobbyist, but not 107, then I get my part 107, does that give me the right to sell my shot I took as a hobbyist, or do I have to go "re-do" the shot while having my part 107?
That was the first part of the question, lets talk about the 2nd... so I have all of these great shots that I have already completed as a hobbyist but I have recently found out I can sell these drone shots as stock images and make money. That would then classify my pictures as commercial but my original intention was for hobby. Would it still be illegal for me to sell these pictures I took as a hobbyist?
[In my opinion, if my original intent was for me to just do the pictures as a hobby, I went out and had a safe flight, and then later decided to sell these images, it doesn't seem logical to have to go get my part 107 for a shot that was previously flown in order for me to sell it legally. The shot has been done, taken place, it was safe. Unless the FAA says I can never sell those shots as it was a hobbyist, they would force me to re-do an entire drone flight with my part 107, which again, in my opinion, increases room for error etc. as I have to re-do everything while I have already previously completed the flight and got the shots]
Thank you in advance for your help and information!