Spatial Law and Policy Update - UAVs (November 5, 2014)

Each week the Centre for Spatial Law and Policy prepares an update on recent spatial law and policy developments for its members. The following are some of the recent developments that pertain directly to UAVs. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

China’s UAS Regulation: An interesting precedent.  (sUAS News)

Proposed Ordnance to Restrict Operations of UAVs in a U.S. City  

Military Space Quarterly | Study Shoots Down Hopes for Increased Wartime Use of UAVs  (SpaceNews)

AP Exclusive: Ferguson no-fly zone aimed at media  (AP)

Shots allowed on the drones near nuclear power plants (L'Express - using Google Translate)

Privacy and data protection - New code of practice in the UK!  (Drones and the Law)

China will use lasers to take down low-flying drones  (engadget)

FAA Updates Rules To Prohibit Drone Flights Over Stadiums  (Forbes)

Drone operators warned of heavy penalties for rule breaches  (The Australian Business Review)

Drones on Parade, by Margot Kaminski  (Yale Journal on Regulation)