[Thumper1960]

Oh, good.
With that attitude, the guv’mint can force you to pay a fee for taking any pictures of any city. Hell, why not just force building owners to pay a fee to the city for the luxury of contributing to the skyline of the city.
No. Wait. They do.
Property taxes.
You don't own JACK!
If not for someone else, you wouldn't have what you have.
Guv’mint claims they allowed you to be what you are.
Most of us give credit the God.

[reg45]

I was trying to be absurd. If the subject of a photograph or a painting could be copyrighted, then paparazzi would have to pay celebrities royalties for all the photographs they take.