I like it. You would still have to apply for a permit to use the drone as a surveillance camera so that kind of defeats the philosophical argument here I'm afraid. So would be super legal for only $78 per camera and a few week of waiting time. What is interesting is that I think that they would not approve the application if you told them the camera was permanently attached to a drone instead of a wall. Which is the reason that the court classified it as a surveillance camera in the first place. Would be really interesting to see someone try.

I read through the verdict. The main point seem to be that the camera is considered attached to the drone and that you can see people in their natural public habitat. And that it is remote controlled from far away - compared to the millions of cellphone cameras that we use fingers to control. The fact that the person controlling the drone is required to be able to see it while piloting seem not to matter at all. As the pilot would have to have very long arms to convince the court that it is not recording using it as a surveillance camera compared to a just as a camera... Hopefully this will get solved in a better manner soon. Also, why not use criminal intent as a basis for determining criminal behavior instead of just forbidding the entire setup :/