This is how we roll in Australia - and it has some pros and cons.

For one thing, it keeps the market a bit clear for legitimate professionals. Sure, there are cowboys who break the law, but they get fined into a hole in the ground. But you can be sure that anyone operating legally takes it heaps more seriously, since it's cost them a lot of time and money to get into the game.

On the other hand, the art is suffering, since the stack of regulations around actually drone shots means most of the coolest shots are incredibly illegal. CASA (Civil Aviation Safety Authority) does a good job, though, in trying to be reasonable in so far as people are being safe and smart about stuff.