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Thanks again to all for the precious advice. I decided I will get a license to be on the safe side. I have one follow-up question. Through initial discussions with my coauthor (the university professor) and the publisher, I discovered that if the book makes any money, it will be very little. Photography books are expensive to make and don't sell that much. So, I'd be doing this more for the fun and 'prestige' of having my own book than to make money. So the thought occurred to me that I could let my coauthor get all the 'royalties'. If I set things up that way, and therefore if I did not make one dime from the endeavor, from a legal standpoint would I still be using my photographs for commercial purposes? I guess the answer is yes, because somebody is making some money from the pictures, even if it's not me. Does anyone know of any such situation? Thanks again
Personally, I think the very fact that you’re going to these kind of lengths to find some kind of a different answer suggests that you fully understand the rules at this point. If there is even the slightest chance that you’d be flying illegally, the better option surely is to get the right qualification to do so or forgo the opportunity entirely. No matter how many different what if scenarios you come up with regarding who gets the money, or that there will be no money, you know from the answers here what you need to do.
 
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Personally, I think the very fact that you’re going to these kind of lengths to find some kind of a different answer suggests that you fully understand the rules at this point. If there is even the slightest chance that you’d be flying illegally,
No I don't think that is at all clear from the OP. He came here with a very legitimate question. Note that he is not asking about legality of whether he will be flying illegally. He is asking about using his pictures which were already taken, in a book. Very different cases.
 
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We, as members, can keep going back and forth yes he can - no he can't. If the OP is that concerned and he is dealing with a highly respected historian and university professor the two of them need to seek legal advice from an attorney that is both current on drone laws and business laws.
Once that have done that their questions will be answered - until then I see no use in continuing to "beat a dead horse" with laymen interpretations of the law
 
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until then I see no use in continuing to "beat a dead horse" with laymen interpretations of the law
Quite, although the one purported lawyer to respond in the thread gave such inaccurate and incorrect information that one would hope the OP consulted a specialist.
 
No I don't think that is at all clear from the OP. He came here with a very legitimate question. Note that he is not asking about legality of whether he will be flying illegally. He is asking about using his pictures which were already taken, in a book. Very different cases.
Yep, totally legitimate question that received a correct answer very quickly. But then a series of what ifs, moving the goal posts in ever increasingly convoluted scenarios to get around the clear advice that had been given. About time the thread was closed.
 
Yep, totally legitimate question that received a correct answer very quickly. But then a series of what ifs, moving the goal posts in ever increasingly convoluted scenarios to get around the clear advice that had been given. About time the thread was closed.
Exactly, indirectly what I was implying.

Until such time the OP and the professor decide to take the necessary steps to clarify their options all the OP will receive here are layman opinions. They need a business plan, they need an agreement of who will supply what, how the proceeds of the book sale (if any) is divided, who will pay taxes on such proceeds, etc, etc, etc
 
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seeing the forum is not really the place to come to get a definitive answer to a legal question ,i will close this thread for now
 
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