I'd assert that hackers and thieves only affect the terms used among hackers and criminals, not "popular usage." Words mean something. John Willkie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Bittner" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 6:14 AM Subject: [opendtv] Re: Hollywood may demand DRM for larger harddrives > > On Jul 27, 2005, at 2:22 AM, John Willkie wrote: > > > Hint: a screener is a copy of a movie that is made available to > > academy and > > guild members for voting at Oscar time. > > > http://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/terms/screener.cfm > > John is right about the term, but misses the fact that the definition > has evolved in popular usage to include poor quality versions made > available for downloading. Downloaders may be using the term > incorrectly, but they're still using it and the incorrect use is > growing in popularity. There's even more confusion because some > people seem to use the term to describe videos acquired by shooting a > film in the theater with a camcorder, off the screen, which leads to > the term "screener." > > If only these pirates would get organized and get their terms > straight... > > > Dave Bittner - Pixel Workshop Inc. > www.pixelworkshop.com > 410.381.8555 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org > > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.