This makes no sense to me as an American. Copyright is about the right to publish an original work. And buildings aren't published, they are built! They're stan

This makes no sense to me as an American. Copyright is about the right to publish an original work. And buildings aren't published, they are built! They're standing right there! Maybe if someone was trying to build an exact duplicate of an original building, this would make sense. But if you're photographing a public place, you're not re-"publishing" the building.