Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Legal Features of Aerial Video

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to systematize the requirements of regulatory documents of the United States of America, the countries of the European Union and the Russian Federation regulating the procedure for aerial video recording using UAVs. As a result of the study, information that allowed UAV owners to quickly resolve issues related to obtaining permission to fly, observing the established procedure for using airspace, fulfilling requirements to ensure data confidentiality and nondisclosure of state secrets, UAV registration and certification of an external pilot activity was presented. The efficiency of resolving issues is ensured by the fact that the main provisions of regulatory documents are supplemented by links to relevant resources, which allows obtaining more detailed information depending on the specific situation. The procedure for implementing practical actions to fulfill the requirements of legal acts is also set out. The novelty of the work lies in the way of presenting the requirements of regulatory documents, ensuring their familiarization by the UAV owners in a minimum time and in the amount determined by the specifics of performing aerial video recording in each specific case.