Failed 'selfie drone' maker sued over allegedly faking promo videos

Promo videos showed Lily drone filming people autonomously, but court claim says shots were taken by skilled professionals using a more expensive camera

Lily Robotics, the defunct manufacturer of the world's first "selfie drone", is being sued over allegations that it faked product shots and misled consumers about the capability of its prototype devices.

The lawsuit alleges that videos on Lily's website, presented as though they had been taken by the drone, were in fact shot by a mixture of GoPro cameras and DJI drones, a competitor model that costs up to four times as much and requires a skilled filmmaker to manually control the camera.