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Originally Posted by Dulin's Books
if you go to amovie theater and you hate the movie, you can choose to walk out and ask fo ryou money back. i have done it . people do it all the time.
borrowing from a library is not pirating. borrowing from a library and making a copy to keep, or mulitple copies to give away, before returning the original is pirating.
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As to your first point, it depends on the movie theater and how early you make the call to leave. Besides, they won't refund the price of your concession items which is often more than the cost of your ticket. Unless you want to end your evening early or can find another movie that fits your plans you're out of luck there.
In the old days you had to buy an entire album or CD to get the worthwhile song (or two) that was on it. Now you just buy the tracks you like which is no doubt playing havoc with the RIAA's bottom lines since unwanted Side B material won't be purchased.
For your second point, I guess I forgot to add /sarc. In the eyes of the RIAA and MPAA any unpaid use of their copyrighted material is infringement. They haven't gotten around to libraries yet but it's no longer impossible to imagine that they'll try to force this point someday.