Since the shopping mall is a private place, does it mean that if we take a photo in the shopping mall, the shopping mall management has to right to ask us to delete the photos taken in the shopping mall if they don't allow photography in the shopping mall?
I would think so. If I open my property out of good will for public access and then any Tom, Dick or Harry come in with cameras and start taking pictures of my interior without asking me for permission first, I have the right to stop him and ask him to delete the pictures. If he buay song, then I lock my doors and release the dogs. :bsmilie:
Bottomline is: you step in my property, you jolly well follow the rules and regulations I set as well as respect my ownership of the place. Ignorance does not put one above the law and does not mean one can do anything he wants and not get punished. If I have sex with an underaged girl not knowing it constitutes a statutory rape offence, does that mean I can plea not guilty and get away scot free? If in doubt, always ask. Asking don't hurt. That's basic courtesy. Eventually getting a nod to take photo is not your right, it's your previlege so to speak, so be grateful. One has the right to ask for permission to take photo but not demand for it. So if one gets rejected, just have to swallow it. At the end of the day, why get yourself into trouble because of a photo? It's very silly. And who knows because of our silly antics, we shut the doors for future opportunities of another photographer?