Re: The origin of "rip" to mean "copy"

On 16 Aug 2005, Arfur Million wrote
> "Per Stromgren" <per.stromgren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote
>> On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 19:28:39 GMT, "Arfur Million" wrote:
> "Per Stromgren" <per.stromgren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote

>>>> In this context "rip" means top "copy" or pull information from
>>>> a media onto another.
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>>>> Can anyone shed any light on its origin in this context?

>>> To "rip off" can mean to copy or plagiarise in colloquial
>>> English (British English at least) and maybe, I speculate, this
>>> usage of "rip" is just a shortened version of this meaning.

>> Fair enough, but the first time I saw this usage of "rip" was in
>> the early days of coulor printers,
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> Interesting point, now you mention it I remember that usage of
> "rip" in printing jargon.
><http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/r/rip.htm> has the following
> information:
> "RIP
>
> 1 Short for Raster Image Processor or Raster Image Process, RIP is
> the process converting a vector image into a raster image. This is
> commonly performed to print a vector image.
>
> 2 Short for Routing Information Protocol, RIP is a routing
> protocol used by computers and other network devices such as
> routers to broadcast known addresses allowing networking devices
> to learn available routes.
>
> 3 Short for ripping, this is another name for burn."
>
> It doesn't say *why* ripping is another name for burn,
> unfortunately.

I don't think the "burn" usage is very common, though: the general use
I've encountered seems to be a generalised version of the first
definition: "copying from one form to another".

I've certainly encountered "rip and burn" without any overtones of
obvious redundancy.

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