rip off a movie

ostap77 · May 29, 2011

Can you rip off a movie on a digital camera?

emsr2d2 · May 29, 2011

ostap77 said:
Can you rip off a movie on a digital camera?

I'm not sure!! If you went to the cinema and used a digital video camera to actually record the film then the copy of the film you have would be a "ripoff" (or a pirated version).

You can "rip" music or films from a disc onto your hard drive. It simply means to copy them.

ostap77 · May 29, 2011

emsr2d2 said:
I'm not sure!! If you went to the cinema and used a digital video camera to actually record the film then the copy of the film you have would be a "ripoff" (or a pirated version).

You can "rip" music or films from a disc onto your hard drive. It simply means to copy them.

Would there be a verd to describe when these guys sit in a movie theater and film it on a camera? Do they knock it off or perhaps they cam-rip it?

SoothingDave · May 29, 2011

Pirate.

emsr2d2 · May 29, 2011

I believe it would be called a cam-rip, yes.

ostap77 · May 29, 2011

emsr2d2 said:
I believe it would be called a cam-rip, yes.

" disapproving : to copy or imitate (something) improperly : to make something that is too much like (something made by someone else)
▪ The film has done well, but its makers have been accused of ripping off another movie made 30 years ago. "

Could I use "rip off a movie" in terms of making a copy of it of wose quality?

emsr2d2 · May 29, 2011

ostap77 said:
" disapproving : to copy or imitate (something) improperly : to make something that is too much like (something made by someone else)
▪ The film has done well, but its makers have been accused of ripping off another movie made 30 years ago. "

Could I use "rip off a movie" in terms of making a copy of it of wose quality?

If you "rip off" a movie in this sense, it doesn't really mean making an exact copy but of worse quality. It usually means making a different film but which has such a similar plot etc that it's very like the other film.

However, when talking about fake designer goods, you would call an inferior quality exact copy a "ripoff".

- I bought a Gucci handbag.
- A real one?
- Of course not. They're really expensive. I bought a ripoff.

ostap77 · May 29, 2011

emsr2d2 said:
If you "rip off" a movie in this sense, it doesn't really mean making an exact copy but of worse quality. It usually means making a different film but which has such a similar plot etc that it's very like the other film.

However, when talking about fake designer goods, you would call an inferior quality exact copy a "ripoff".

- I bought a Gucci handbag.
- A real one?
- Of course not. They're really expensive. I bought a ripoff.

When it comes to burning CDs with pirated movies, can I say "knock off CDs witn a movie as in "2 knock (something) off or knock off (something) a : to do or make (something) very quickly
▪ He knocked off 10 paintings in 4 days. ▪ We are planning to knock this project off in a weekend."?

Ouisch · May 29, 2011

In AmE, to "rip off" is to steal or copy an item or a concept. If you said "Fred ripped off the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie", it implies that Fred has made a movie with characters and a plot very similar to Pirates of the Caribbean. But "ripped" (when discussing digital technology) means a copy of a song or movie that has been burned onto a CD or DVD. If you said "Fred ripped a copy of the new Pirates of the Caribbean", it implies that he illegally filmed it in a cinema and is now making copies of it on DVDs.

ostap77 · May 29, 2011

Ouisch said:
In AmE, to "rip off" is to steal or copy an item or a concept. If you said "Fred ripped off the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie", it implies that Fred has made a movie with characters and a plot very similar to Pirates of the Caribbean. But "ripped" (when discussing digital technology) means a copy of a song or movie that has been burned onto a CD or DVD. If you said "Fred ripped a copy of the new Pirates of the Caribbean", it implies that he illegally filmed it in a cinema and is now making copies of it on DVDs.

Can I say "kock off CD with a movie"?

Ouisch · May 29, 2011

ostap77 said:
Can I say "kock off CD with a movie"?

No. Movies are burned onto DVDs, not CDs. And even "Knock off DVD with a movie" doesn't make sense.

emsr2d2 · May 29, 2011

ostap77 said:
Can I say "kock off CD with a movie"?

There are several ways we use "knock off" or "knockoff".

A knockoff is the same as a ripoff. "I bought a knockoff Gucci handbag". However, it does actually have more of a connotation of "stolen".

The guys at the market are selling knocked off CDs = They are selling stolen CDs.

We also use "to knock off" to mean to produce something. At my old office, if you wanted a document prepared/printed in a hurry, you might say to one of the clerical staff "Could you knock this off for me really quickly please?"

I wouldn't personally use "knock off/knockoff" in relation to a movie unless I meant a stolen DVD/CDRom/video.

ostap77 · May 30, 2011

emsr2d2 said:
There are several ways we use "knock off" or "knockoff".

A knockoff is the same as a ripoff. "I bought a knockoff Gucci handbag". However, it does actually have more of a connotation of "stolen".

The guys at the market are selling knocked off CDs = They are selling stolen CDs.

We also use "to knock off" to mean to produce something. At my old office, if you wanted a document prepared/printed in a hurry, you might say to one of the clerical staff "Could you knock this off for me really quickly please?"

I wouldn't personally use "knock off/knockoff" in relation to a movie unless I meant a stolen DVD/CDRom/video.

Would the verb "cam-rip" be standard English? I've gooled it and found it used as in "This movie is CAM RIPPED. Lots of disturbance in audio & video."

bhaisahab · May 30, 2011

ostap77 said:
Would the verb "cam-rip" be standard English? I've gooled it and found it used as in "This movie is CAM RIPPED. Lots of disturbance in audio & video."

I've never heard it.

emsr2d2 · May 30, 2011

ostap77 said:
Would the verb "cam-rip" be standard English? I've gooled it and found it used as in "This movie is CAM RIPPED. Lots of disturbance in audio & video."

Yes, as per my previous post, cam-rip is perfectly acceptable in BrE at least.

bhaisahab · May 30, 2011

emsr2d2 said:
Yes, as per my previous post, cam-rip is perfectly acceptable in BrE at least.

I obviously don't move in the right circles.;-)

Ouisch · May 30, 2011

ostap77 said:
Would the verb "cam-rip" be standard English? I've gooled it and found it used as in "This movie is CAM RIPPED. Lots of disturbance in audio & video."

A "cam-rip" is an illegal copy of a movie that someone filmed in the cinema with a hand-held device. Because of the surreptitious method of recording, the film quality is often jerky and badly lit and has audience noise in the background. It's standard AmE to folks who like to download and trade movies.

5jj · May 30, 2011

bhaisahab said:
I obviously don't move in the right circles.;-)

You don't move in the wrong circles!

ostap77 · May 31, 2011

Ouisch said:
No. Movies are burned onto DVDs, not CDs. And even "Knock off DVD with a movie" doesn't make sense.

Actually you can burn it onto a CD if it's a DVD-rip and less than 700 Mb.

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