DVD Decrypter -- gone forever

[dubstylee]

've got some good news and some bad news. Let's start with the good.... (tumble weed passes by)Ok, and now onto the bad: DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0 is the last version you'll ever see.We hoped this day would never come, but it has, and I can promise you, nobody is more gutted about it than I am.

What started as a bit of fun, putting a GUI around some existing code, turned into something that I can only describe as "part of me" – yes, I know that's sad ;-) As I've recently been made aware (by a letter, hand delivered to my door, last Tuesday), due to some law that was changed back in October 2003, circumventing copy protection isn't allowed.

Ok so it has taken a while (almost 2 years), but eventually "a certain company" has decided they don't like what I'm doing (circumventing their protection) and have come at me like a pack of wolves. I've no choice but to cease everything to do with DVD Decrypter. I realise this is going to be one of those "that sucks - fight them!" kinda things, but at the end of the day, it's my life and I'm not about to throw it all away (before it has even really started) attempting to fight a battle I can't possibly win.

If 321 Studios can't do it with millions, what chance do I have with £50?! As I'm sure most of you have already noticed, the site has been down for a few days. That surprised me as much as the next person (slight breakdown in communication), or I would have issued this statement on it directly.

So anyway, from this point forward, I'm no longer permitted to provide any sort of assistance with anything that helps people infringe the rights of "a certain company". That means, no more emails, no more forum posts, no PMs, no nothing! END OF STORY.

Read the complete article (http://www.zeropaid.com/news/5453/DVD+Decrypter+--+gone+forever/)

[tomars]

Harsh. It is not illegal to backup DVD's. Why is circumventing copy protection illegal? It should be my choice if I want to circumvent blaah blah my DVD's. Same as I should be allowed to skip past the fucking (soon to be) out of date advertisments that I am forced to watch on a DVD I HAVE BOUGHT AND I OWN.
Oh well, this version still works for most DVD's out there and most of them don't even need it. No massive loss.

[boogiedan]

i never used it, although heard rave reviews abou t it
sorry 4 yor loss

im sure something new will crop up
chin's up

[Jorge]

two words, open source

[Ogi]

Damn! I used it extensivly while I was on windows. Oh well, shame, as post above: Open source

[woodyear99]

Hey what is a decent alternative to dvd decrypter that's still under development?

[crestfallen]

Someone else will pick it up, or another tool will come along. Don't fret.

[MrCoggy]

Are you all suggesting that the author makes this program open source and thereby further incriminating himself, or that there are other alternatives for ripping copyrighted DVD's?

My guess is that DVD Shrink will be next. After all, that rips AND shrinks and makes a better job of it than any previous rubbish from 321 studios.

Sadly, the genie is out of the bottle so all these lawsuits will achieve is for "infringing" developers to pass the torch onto someone else.

[Lehk]

Afterdawn still has it, grab it while it's hot.

[The Hunter]

Already did.LOL

[xrobot]

Just continue. Host your site at some other country that is out of their "reach". No one should obstruct another's talent. You make a World Class software indeed. As least it is as important as VirualDub.

[tomars]

I don't think it matters where he hosts the files, as long as he is developing it and releasing it and helping others with it, he is helping them circumvent copy protection and is therefore breaking the law. And I doubt someone would move themselves to a remote country just to continue developing something they only started for fun.

[ABC123666]

Its a great enough program as it is and dvd's are an ageing technology. I doubt that its going to be hard to find a site that hosts the program, considering its popularity.

[Gamer8585]

SONOFA.....Hulk Angry...Hulk SMASH!!!!!!! >_<

....Ahem, now that thats out of my system: Even if servers stop hosting it we can always find it on a P2P network, everybody just has to download it and keep it in their shared folder. Plus other people will probably contiune woking on it, and even if they other people will develop other tools to rip evey kind of media. So this may be a set back, but we are still going to win the war.

[shawners]

THIs could be easily done up by releasing it on newsgroups and let others distribute it everywhere else in the file sharing realm. All that has to be done is put the release number on it and get rid of any info thats tied into it.

[the great one]

This really does suck,I used this program all the time along with dvd shrink.

[shawners]

Here is another thing, he asked the mirrors of the sites that hosted it, to take it off. http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/11914

[rainbowdemon]

Afterdawn still has it, grab it while it's hot.

Got it!!

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[shawners]

Its on torrentspy as well, and any torrent site may have it up for a long time.

[Crazy Horse]

Got it!!

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Me too !!!!!!!

[ccc1005]

Its on torrentspy as well, and any torrent site may have it up for a long time.

Yup easy to get with torrentspy, I will keep seeding myself for a while...

[nzwizard]

anyone intending to carry on development?

[Digital Bliss]

he should make it open source as a final fuck you to the industry!

[Abyss00]

he should make it open source as a final fuck you to the industry!
Ditto

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[ccc1005]

he should make it open source as a final fuck you to the industry!

Definately, that would be awesome to see, hopefully he manages to do it somewhere down the line.

[gaining]

See this is just stupid, i have the legal right to backup any dvd i own. its called my fairuse rights. i guess since i live in the US if i can find out who shut this down and i could sue them, for blocking my fairuse rights. If i knew the companys name i would!!!!??

[sebfernando]

he cant.

he handed over the source code to the company, and if he shares it now, it will be a violation of the aggrement.

[axlman]

It's a sad day here is DVD world! Tears are rolling down my cheek! Whatever shall we do now? I believe that Shrink isn't being developed anymore either?!

Are there any other programs?

Let's hold a canle light prayer service! Another Dark Day has come upon us!

[Burd]

Calm down folks! Do you realize how many great geeks there are out there right now? Some one (or several ones) will take up the ball and run with it. DVD Decrypter IS a great program (don't forget that it STILL works!) Not only that, but do a Google and you will see a number of similar programs still available. And, more will come...never fear. Nothing lasts forever, but something always seems to rise up to fill the void, especially on the world wide web!

[Miniver]

dvdecrypter will always be downloadable. It's just too great of a proggie not to be. It really doesn't need much more development, what it does it does great.

[ccc1005]

dvdecrypter will always be downloadable. It's just too great of a proggie not to be. It really doesn't need much more development, what it does it does great.

Exactly im seeding it right now with another 300 people, and my share ratio is over 40, its very easy to get it and it will still work fine for a while...

[crackerjacker]

its not dead
others are going to be taking over
*thats the word from a little birdie*
bye

[Travis982]

Why don't you continue development in another country such as Russia which boldly ignores the U.S. copyright bullsh*t and its greedy corporate hogs.

[Masterem67]

Why dident they make it open source so someone else can use what they got and continue a product very similar?

[mfgbypooter]

I like sheep.

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[shawners]

Will when you make a site dedicated in breaking cce, even after 321 studios, the kids in sweden get in trouble. You should of known better. I say its information and should be treated that way. LIke the VCR can be used for legal purposes, so can dvd decryptor. More programs will be developed, how else will release groups release the dvd's. Plus, they released tighter security structure on the dvd, and forcing dvd decryptor to keep updating itself. This was the only way it was going to stop, they probably stop it before they release their next security measure which will make dvd decryptor useless.. They have the source code, so im sure their team will work something out.

[Travis982]

It's a good proggy. I use it all the time. Works real well with DVDshrink, and kicks out DVDs that DVDshrink stumbles on.

Funny how since this article got posted, every time I run emule somebody is downloading it from me. I mean it's still up for web download at lots of sites man.

[ccc1005]

It's a good proggy. I use it all the time. Works real well with DVDshrink, and kicks out DVDs that DVDshrink stumbles on.

Funny how since this article got posted, every time I run emule somebody is downloading it from me. I mean it's still up for web download at lots of sites man.

Same with Bittorrent, the seed # dropped from 300+ down to 60, and my share ratio for the torrent is 130, at least we know it will be available for a long time to come...

[crestfallen]

Because the source was closed until the agreement with Macrovision had already been reached. Any attempt to make the program open source afterwards may have resulted in prosecution or penalties against the developer(s) of DVD Decrypter.

[SanDiegoKid]

Every so often there are DVD releases it can't crack. In those cases a new version of DVD Decrypter was usually released in a timely fashion.

[Decrypter]

Download DVD Decrypter: http://dvddecrypter.atspace.com/

[Malakai1911]

the poster above is a spammer. please delete his post and possibly his gigantic sig.