2013 04.05 WHY NO PHOTOGRAPHY ALLOWED OF MALL BUILDINGS

LIVING IN ORLANDO AND WHIPPING OUT A CAMERA ON THE STREETS (NO MATTER IF IT IS A POINT AND SHOOT, YOUR CELL PHONE, OR A DSLR) IS TYPICAL WHERE YOU BLEND IN THE MASSIVE TOURIST THAT FLOCK IN EVERYDAY.  I GUESS THAT IS NOT THE CASE WHILE I WAS VACATIONING IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA'S SOUTHPARK MALL (PART OF SIMON PROPERTY GROUP) I WAS STANDING IN THE PARKING LOT IN FRONT OF THE CONTAINER STORE ENTRANCE, PARTIALLY INTRIGUED BY THE LIGHTING THAT WAS REFLECTED ON THE BUILDING DURING THAT TIME OF DAY AND THE BEAUTIFUL CHERRY BLOSSOM TREES BETWEEN THE PARKING LOT AREA AND THE MALL.   THE MIXTURE OF CONFUSION, THE DISGUSTED LOOK ON MY FACE PROMPTED HIM TO TELL ME THAT I COULD TAKE THE PICTURE IF I, OR SOMEONE I KNEW WAS IN IT.  HIS REASONING WAS THAT IF YOU CAPTURE YOURSELF OR SOMEONE YOU KNEW WITHIN THE PICTURE ALONG WITH THE STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING, IT BECOMES YOURS. STILL TRYING TO RATIONALIZED THAT IN BETWEEN THE SUN GOING DOWN PROMPTED ME TO JUST NOD SO THAT HE COULD BE ON HIS MERRY WAY. GOT MY SHOT!OR! IF YOU HAD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT   BUILDINGS CAN BE PHOTOGRAPHED AND WHICH YOU CAN NOT! THIS IS SUCH A NEAT CHART, BUT ARE YOU KIDDING ME ?



----------------------------------WHERE MEMBERS OF SECURITY FINDS IT NECESSARY PULL OVER IN THEIR SECURITY CAR TO TELL ME ABOUT THEIR SO CALLED "DO NOT PHOTOGRAPH THE MALL" POLICY.  I HAVE YET TO LOCATE A DOCUMENT THAT CLEARLY SUPPORTS THIS STATEMENT ON THEIR WEBSITE.  EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME, THERE WAS A POINT IN TIME OUT OF CURIOSITY I WAS IN FRONT OF THE COMPUTER IN NUMEROUS HOURS RESEARCHING THIS TOPIC AND READING TONS OF BLOGS FROM THOSE THAT HAVE HAD THE UNFORTUNATE EXPERIENCE(S).  ALTHOUGH I ONLY HAD MY CANON G9 POINT AND SHOOT, THE MALL SECURITY SLOWLY DROVE IN FRONT OF ME TO EXPLAIN THAT THERE WAS A POLICY AGAINST PHOTOGRAPHING MALL PROPERTY.I DON'T THINK I WANTED TO BE ENTERTAINED WITH ANOTHER NONSENSE REASON FROM HIM.   WHAT WOULD THE WORLD COME TO IF CAMERAS WERE BANNED IN PUBLIC?THERE ARE NO DEFINED FACES IN THIS SHOT, I DON'T HAVE FULL GEAR OR CREW FOR A COMMERCIAL SHOT.  SO WHATS THE PROBLEM?UNLESS THIS BUILDING HAS COPYRIGHTS.......FROM WIKI"Freedom of panorama, often abbreviated as FOP, is a provision in the copyright laws of various jurisdictions that permits taking photographs or video footage, or creating other images (such as paintings), of buildings and sometimes sculptures and other art which are permanently located in a public place, without infringing any copyright that may otherwise subsist in such works, and to publish such images. Panorama freedom statutes and/or case law limit the right of the copyright owner to take action for breach of copyright against the creators and distributors of such images. It is an exception to the normal rule that the copyright owner has the exclusive right to authorize the creation and distribution of derivative works. The phrase is derived from the German term Panoramafreiheit ("panorama freedom").

THESE WERE THE SITES THAT I CAME BACK TO READING AGAIN AFTER THE INCIDENT: 
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/criminalizing-photography/
http://lifehacker.com/5912250/know-your-rights-photography-in-public
http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm
http://erickimphotography.com/blog/2010/09/the-death-of-street-photography-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/