Comment by Chris Card on January 25, 2013 at 9:36pm

@paul: Don't worry, I think that there is too much back stabbing in the film business for a monopoly to work :P

3D Robotics Comment by Joshua Ott on January 25, 2013 at 9:53pm

Paul,

I guarantee that the desire to create a monopoly is the root cause of the current hold up on airspace integration. Whether it's military industrial contractors or the crane operators union, everyone wants to maintain their plump profit margins and keep innovation at bay. 

Until Bell telephone was broken up, almost no one actually owned a phone; they were leased from THE phone company. Panavision film cameras are not for sale they are only leased(to this day). It's hard to imagine these things in 2013 when Red and GoPro cameras seem to be everywhere, and at this moment some geek in a garage is building something smaller, better, and cheaper.

Good luck wannabe monopolizers, I think your time has past.

Developer Comment by R_Lefebvre on January 26, 2013 at 9:24am

Which plane is that in the picture?  Looks pretty cool.

Comment by Chuck on January 26, 2013 at 11:39am

@R_Lefebyre the ScanEagle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Insitu_ScanEagle

Comment by Emery c. Chandler on January 26, 2013 at 11:42am

think that is a scan eagle?

Comment by Chuck on January 26, 2013 at 11:47am

No doubt, though the ScanEagle wouldn't work well for Hollywood it definitely gives off the Hollywood look of a drone.

Comment by F1P on January 26, 2013 at 12:24pm

IMHO The participation of these big guys with the big money in the unstable law situation will not improve legality for casual drone owners. MPAA have their own interests in this matter, and they do not lie in the fact that the drones would make common public technology. But this is a clear signal to a high level of demand for the technology in general .=)

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