If you take a picture of enough of the text, you've actually reproduced the work under copyright. No amount of pictures of a building will reproduce it. Also,

If you take a picture of enough of the text, you've actually reproduced the work under copyright. No amount of pictures of a building will reproduce it. Also, if they want to claim ownership of the recording of something clearly visible in public, they should take responsibility and make payment for everyone that views it against their will. Yea, that latter half of that sounds ridiculous. The first half should as well.