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LEGAL ALTERNATIVES TO PIRACY
How can you download a movie or show a movie in public without worrying about infringing on copyright laws?

DOWNLOAD A MOVIE LEGALLY: As a consumer, there are plenty of sites that offer legal downloads such as CinemaNow, Ifilm, Movielink, Movieflix and more. You can also get show-times and tickets for movies playing in local theatres online. There are also many options available to buy or rent movies, without even having to leave your home. For students, services such as Cdigix and Ruckus are becoming readily available on college and university campuses across the nation.

Legal Downloads	Buy or Rent Movies
Cinema Now: www.cinemanow.com	Buy:
IFilm: www.ifilm.com	Amazon: www.amazon.com
Movieflix: www.movieflix.com	Best Buy: www.bestbuy.com
Movielink: www.movielink.com	Buy.com: www.buy.com
Startz! Ticket on Real Movies:	Blockbuster: www.blockbuster.com
www.real.com/partners/starz/starz.html	Sam Goody: www.samgoody.com
iTunes - videos: www.apple.com/itunes/videos	Tower Records: www.towerrecords.com
Atom Films: www.atomfilms.com
Atom Films - To Go: togo.atomfilms.com	Rent:
ABC.com: http://abc.go.com/fes/index.html	Netflix: www.netflix.com
MovieLink Family: http://family.movielink.com	Café DVD: www.cafedvd.com
In2TV: television.aol.com/in2tv	DVD Avenue: www.dvdavenue.com
CBS.com: www.cbs.com/ondemand	Wal-Mart: www.walmart.com
Ruckus: wapps.ruckus.com
Cflix: www.cdigix.com/website/cflix	Get Showtimes and Tickets Online
Google Video Store: video.google.com	Fandango: www.fandango.com
Starz! Vongo: www.vongo.com	Moviefone: www.moviefone.com
	MovieTickets: www.movietickets.com

PUBLIC PERFORMANCE: SHOW A MOVIE AT CHURCH OR IN A BOWING ALLEY
If you want to show a movie at a church or a bowling alley or some public place, please click here for a fact sheet on how to do this and still abide by copyright laws.