[A. Pole]

If I sneak into an empty movie theater, and don't deprive any paying customer of a seat, it's still theft of services, even though neither the theater nor the studio suffered any demonstrable loss beyond the loss of the sale to me. If I call a cab and tell him I want to go to the airport, and then jump out and run off without paying, it's still theft of services,

The second example is completely different from the first. You take money away from the cabdriver - he spent money on gasoline/tolls and he lost valuable time. Unless you "jump out" before he started :)

[savedbygrace]

I agree with you. General_re is the one who wrote that.