http://www.newsweek.com/federal-aviation-authority-drone-registry-431609
"Not everyone is pleased about the requirement. Some drone owners say
it’s illegal, and they’re challenging the FAA in court. Leading the
fight: John Taylor, an insurance attorney and drone hobbyist in Silver
Spring, Maryland. When the registry launched in December, Taylor says he
waited for an appropriate lawyer to file a suit. When that didn’t
happen, he did it himself. 'I truly believe,' he says, 'the FAA has no real defense.'
Taylor bases his argument on a half-page clause in the FAA’s Modernization and Reform Act,
which explicitly prohibits the agency from making new rules and
regulations regarding model aircraft. In launching the registry, Taylor
claims, the FAA has technically created a regulation as well."
This will be worth watching. If the FAA loses, it gets punted to Congress.
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