DVDREasy & DVDDECRYPTER

[dvdreasy]

After a little search in the net I found this

Sony didn't shut DVD Decrypter down because they admit ARcoSS is to prevent the clueless person attempting to make a legitimate backup copy and overall they suceed in that regard. Macrovision shutdown DVD Decrypter because they have a new DVD copy protection termed "Rip Guard" coming out and they don't want their protection cracked in a few hours by DVD Decrypter.
http://dvdxcopy.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/160761

Macrovision gets around 55% of their revenue from licensing their DVD copy protection which is more than likely not being used by major studios anymore as people aren't into making analog copies. Their future is based on "Rip Guard" being effective so they used United Kingdom laws to shutdown Lightning UK!.

Although DVDDECRYPTER web site was closed, there are many mirrors and sites wich provides download of the last version.

I think DVDDECRYPTER will continue to be a usable tool for a while (until a new copy protection will appear, wich will take some time . . . and even when a new one appears, few DVD use it because of the fee the majors have to pay to the patent recorder of the protection system.)

So, for now, I will not change DVDREasy. I know I will have to, but there is no need to do it in rush !

Cheers,

DVDREasy

[roadworker]

until a new copy protection will appear, wich will take some time . . .

DVDREasy

A minor update on Sony's Arccos is enough to make backing up your dvd's much harder,now that there won't be any new .pst files anymore to feed DvdDecrypter with...

As for a future DVDREasy update,maybe you should add support for already ripped files.....people can load the .ifo on their harddisk after they ripped the dvd with their preferred ripper.....no need to add support for various rippers then.....

[zver]

I thin k thats a important thing really-for example i do have a dvd allready ripped and why make a iso of it and rip it again-it would be much better if its possiblle to deal with a allready ripped files...