NY Times article
here.

Daniel Gárate’s career came crashing to earth a few weeks ago.
That’s when the Los Angeles Police Department warned local real estate agents
not to hire photographers like Mr. Gárate, who was helping sell luxury property
by using a drone to shoot sumptuous aerial movies. Flying drones for commercial
purposes, the police said, violated federal aviation rules.

“I was paying the bills with this,” said Mr. Gárate, who recently gave an unpaid
demonstration of his drone in this Southern California suburb.

His career will soon get back on track. A new federal law, signed by the
president on Tuesday, compels the Federal Aviation Administration to allow
drones to be used for all sorts of commercial endeavors — from selling real
estate and dusting crops, to monitoring oil spills and wildlife, even shooting
Hollywood films. Local police and emergency services will also be freer to send
up their own drones.

But while businesses, and drone manufacturers especially, are celebrating the
opening of the skies to these unmanned aerial vehicles, the law raises new
worries about how much detail the drones will capture about lives down below —
and what will be done with that information. Safety concerns like midair
collisions and property damage on the ground are also an issue.

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/02/20/civilian-drones-in-the-united-states/