Reply #35: Nobody ratted you out... [View All]

[anigbrowl]

...you need permission to film on private property. The minute you step onto any private property, what you film is at the oner's pleasure (or not). You would get the same reaction in pretty much any mall - people want to be paid a fee if you're using their property as a backdrop or a subject. If you want to film in a location like this, either do it covertly (hold the camcorder with a jacket over your arm) or enlist a friends and pretend you're just shooting/photographing them for sentimental reasons or suchlike. Fact is that while the mall may be open to the public you don't have the same rights you would have if you were standing on the (public) sidewalk.