Showing posts with label safety. Show all posts
Showing posts with label safety. Show all posts
Monday, February 13, 2012
Drone journalism over anti-ACTA protests in Estonia
More drone journalism of protests, using hexacopters. These images were captured over a protest against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement on Saturday, Feb. 11, in Tartu, Estonia.
According to a post by the hexacopter pilot on DIYDrones.com, these images were streamed directly to the web from the 'copter.
It was cold in Estonia that day; -15 Celsius (5 degrees Fahrenheit). But apparently not too cold for organizers to get protestors "jumping for the camera."
A word on safety, from the pilot Jaan Kronberg:
"Yes I know, it wasn't safest thing in the world to do. Yes I know, many will consider it dangerous and irresponsible. But sometimes you just disregard rules and do something insane.. I wasn't "over the heads" for too long, most of the time behind the stage (you can see it on last screenshot), but ... - yes, I know... But it was special day and I took that risk, that's the only excuse."
Tags:
ACTA
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anti-ACTA protests
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citizen journalism
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drone journalism
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Estonia
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hexacopter
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protests
,
safety
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