That bug has been opened on https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-cd-burner/+bug/47889

"When right clicking on a disk to copy it the label to start the copy is "Write" this is confusing when we have only on CD drive. My reflex was "I don't want to write on this disk as it is my source disk". Maybe a "Copy" label should be better.
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http://librarian.launchpad.net/3008044/Screenshot-Copy%20Disc.png
Here is the dialog, instead of Write I would like Copy.

Note that the "dummy write" is because I am running it in debug mode, so it should not be taken into account.

Thanks for the good work.
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> Thanks for your bug. Could you explain your issue with the word "write"? The device is called "CD writer" no? And that's a correct word to describe a CD recording no? You "write" on the CD, no?
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Thanks for the kind request for more info.

Here, I am only considering the case where you perform a complete copy of a CD. That is, you right click on the CD on the desktop and select "Copy Disc".

Effectively we "write" a CD when performing the "copy" of a CD.

But the "write" is a subprocess of the copy operation. The copy operation is first composed of a "read" to create the image and the a "write" on the blank CD. So in fact you click on "Write" to "Read" your source CD.

The complete operation is the "Copy" of the CD (that is why the title of the window is by the way "Copy Disc" as shown on the screenshot). So it is more logical to start the complete operation by a "Copy Disc" or "Copy" button.

In the case of a creation of a new CD from the burner or directly from an iso, I completely understand the use of the term "Write" because it is effectively the complete operation.

I hope I was clear enough, it is really a problem of confusion for the first user who is not "computer savy"."