Austin declared a drone-free zone during SXSW

Using a drone at the South By Southwest festival might put you in jail. Organizers of the popular annual event said this week that flying of drones is banned for safety reasons. "The airwaves and/or frequency spectrums generally used in the remote control of drones are too congested during the SXSW event to ensure operation safe from interference," they said in a statement. Many drones use Wi-Fi frequencies for control and with tens of thousands of people due in Austin, Texas, for the digital-fr...