A) I literally mentioned compensation in my post. B) Lots of people find the current rules to be unfair. An enterprising fellow could build a massive structur

A) I literally mentioned compensation in my post. B) Lots of people find the current rules to be unfair. An enterprising fellow could build a massive structure in NYC and claim royalty rights over any photograph which may contain it. You might be a-okay with that, but I take it to the extreme and think about what would happen if every building owner in NYC asserted copyrights over images of their building. Then every photo taken in the city would be subject to royalty/licensing requirements. YouTube's content scanners would automatically flag any video with shots of the city, etc.