Legal Issues with Selling Stock Drone Footage in the US

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So I am a drone pilot in Colorado with a Part 107. I am hoping to start selling drone footage on websites like shutterstock in order to make some money on the side. I was wondering what are the main legal issues with selling drone footage as stock footage? I know that you should not sell footage where you can recognize specific people or properties without their permission but are there legal issues with general urban aerial shots, as getting the permission of hundreds of property owners would not be realistic? What about public gatherings?
 
So I am a drone pilot in Colorado with a Part 107. I am hoping to start selling drone footage on websites like shutterstock in order to make some money on the side. I was wondering what are the main legal issues with selling drone footage as stock footage? I know that you should not sell footage where you can recognize specific people or properties without their permission but are there legal issues with general urban aerial shots, as getting the permission of hundreds of property owners would not be realistic? What about public gatherings?
You most likely will need to copyright all your videos/photos before publishing them on a public domain
 

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