You paid cable tv for the rights to watch the chanels in your own home. IIRC, bars and such have to pay more for cable then home owners since they have the ability to show it to more people. Paying for the service once does not give you the legal right to give away the item to whomever you want. Intelectual property is different than physical propety. You buy the right to view it, not own and distribute it. That's why losing a movie from Blockbuster costs so much. They pay for the right to distribute it, which is something like $80 per disc.