Phoenix Art Museum Photography Policies

The Phoenix Art Museum has a photography policy which I was warned about and then given a flyer on when I paid the ten dollars to enter. I carry around a Canon XSI with me pretty much everywhere and as a result when I was walking around was reminded that a section had a no photography policy. This is the policy on the flyer:

Visitors may take photographs in the Museum for their personal enjoyment. To protect the objects being photographed, the copyright privileges of their creators and/or owners, and the safety of our visitors, however, there are certain restrictions on taking photography in the museum.

1. Still photography of the permanent collection, taken in existing light and without flash, is permitted on the condition that the photographs are solely for personal, non-commercial use.

2. Flashes and tripods, as well as movie and video cameras, are prohibited.

3. Photographs my not be published, sold, reproduced, transferred, distributed or otherwise commercially exploited in any manner whatsoever.

4. Works on loan to the Museum or in exhibitions may not be photographed. If you have any questions, please ask a Security Officer or Gallery Attendant.

I have sympathy for the no flashes or tripods rule; the no movie cameras seems over the top. And I seriously doubt that restricting photographs for personal use only is not legal under copyright law. It seems overly restrictive and totally unnecessary in my opinion.
Permalink, Phoenix Art Museum Photography Policies, Aug 2009, cam
avocadia:
And I seriously doubt that restricting photographs for personal use only is not legal under copyright law.

Assuming you meant to say that you doubt such a restriction is legal, the Creative Commons people beg to differ.
cam: Though in this case I am the creator? If someone else took the photograph I want to re-use I can totally understand it.
avocadia: I'm unconvinced that your photograph counts as a derivative work.
cam: It prohibited taking panoramic shots of the galleries too.

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