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

Kevin Hulse jedi at mishnet.org
Sun Jun 24 17:43:43 UTC 2007


On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 02:04:58PM -0600, Brian Wood wrote:
> 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?
> 
> Backed up, protected, "installed" on the MythTV system, saved, archived,

	Those are all terms that are already overloaded.

> dubbed or even "duplicated" or "copied" are all better than "ripped".

	They're also not necessarily completely accurate.

	So some are misleading, some are overloaded and pretty much
all of them are more cumbersome linquistically.

	Wait till the RIAA gets a whiff of master/slave jargon.

> 
> And, the worst place to put "rip or ripped" is in the subject line. One
> quick search of Gossamer and presto: Instant "Evidence" for the next
> copyright hearings.
> 
> (Yes, I know, it;s a redily identified term to use users, and I know the
> message body can be searched as well, but why make it so easy?
> 
> I think we should end THIS thread now, at least I am going to do so.
> 
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