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

[Kevin Hulse]

On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 04:04:59PM -0600, match at ece.utah.edu wrote:
> 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".

	Most people will just think that you took some
existing files and put them into a zip or a tarball. 

	The jargon ship has already sailed on this one...