[mythtv-users] DVD Ripping was: Zap2it Labs Shutting Down?

jedi at mishnet.org jedi at mishnet.org
Fri Jun 22 19:53:08 UTC 2007


> Dewey Smolka wrote:
>> On 6/22/07, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
[deletia]
> It's not the "ripping", but what's done with the rip. The music is often
> given to friends, posted on the internet or played by a DJ. In short: It
> costs sales.
>
> Think about the derivation of the word itself: "rip off": steal, "rip":
> tear, rend, grab from. I can't think of a single positive connotation of
> the word.
>
> Nor can I think if any term better calculated to infuriate the owners of
> whatever is being "ripped".

Got an alternative?



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