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

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Fri Jun 22 22:04:59 UTC 2007


On 22 Jun 2007 at 14:53, jedi at mishnet.org wrote:

> > 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?
> 
How about "archived".



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