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by mattmillr 5267 days ago
That's not why it's called ripping.

From the Jargon File: "Rip: 1. To extract the digital representation of a piece of music from an audio CD. Software that does this is often called a “CD ripper”." (http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/R/rip.html)

Audio CDs don't have encryption.