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The commercial opportunities for drones seem almost limitless, which is why there will probably be a severe regulatory clamp placed on them.

Invasion of privacy-what a great tool for the paparazzi, suddenly fences and property lines are no longer hindrances, at a fraction of the cost of renting a copter or plane, and no risk to the life of the pilot & photographer. I'm sure that the National Enquirer, divorce lawyers, blackmailers, & Terry Lenzner grasp the potential.

Crowded skies/controls - so now we'll need a new layer of air traffic control, yet needing a much more refined micro level of finesse(of course that may be coming anyway, if some types of personal transports really do become accepted). With all these little flying ant drones buzzing around, the risks of them inadvertantly impacting general aviation or crashing into themselves becomes a real problem, sorta like letting ATV's and pedestrians run around on freeways.

Terrorism - with a mass commercial operation of drones routinely buzzing all around the country, the opportunity for stealth anonymous hit and run missions moving undetected increases exponentially. How do you tell the terror drone from the FedEx, News5 traffic, Nextel, Entertainment Tonight, Halliburton, Blue Moon Investigators, INS, LA Trial Lawyers Consortium, Girls Gone Wild Backyard, and CHP ones?