Have you ever read the back of your theater stub ? " The management reserves the right to revoke the license granted by this ticket by refunding the purchase price". When you buy a ticket to see a movie, you have bought a license to 1 copy of that movie. so if you pay to see the movie, you have the legal right to 1 copy of that movie. So if you pay to see the movie, and record a copy, or download a copy from the internet, that is not illegal, because you have allready bought a license, by paying to see it.