Can you rip off a movie on a digital camera?
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?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.
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?
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.
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"?
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.
I've never heard it.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."
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 obviously don't move in the right circles.;-)Yes, as per my previous post, cam-rip is perfectly acceptable in BrE at least.
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."
You don't move in the wrong circles!I obviously don't move in the right circles.;-)
No. Movies are burned onto DVDs, not CDs. And even "Knock off DVD with a movie" doesn't make sense.