DVD Decrypter - Gone, Forever!

[abu_has_the_power]

DVD Decrypter was the BEST

Will be missed

missed? you can still download it everywhere, only thing is there wont be anymore updates.

well, he left us with a beautiful working copy. 3.5.4 works great.

[erRor67]

Until of course, new protections come out that DVDDecryptor doesnt reconize..

[NikkiD]

Until of course, new protections come out that DVDDecryptor doesnt reconize..

And someone else will be there to figure out how to break them.

Honestly, I think this is a load of crap. I know the laws differ from country to country, so they should make tools like this one illegal in countries where people aren't legally allowed to backup their own media. To remove it 100% is assinine.

What makes me laugh about all of this, is that in countries like Canada, where it is legal to make backups of purchased media (including software, games, dvd movies and music cds) putting copy protection on to prevent this from happening is actually what is illegal. Now I can perfectly understand putting copyright protections on rental media, so that people aren't able to rip rented movies. That is illegal, and so they have the right to protect themselves from copyright infringement in such cases. To put copyright protection on consumer products, infringes on our legal right to make backup copies of these products. They argue that making backups enables us to share copies. I argue that making backups protects my investment. When I spend $40 on a DVD and it gets scratched, am I entitled to a replacement? No, I am not.

The other thing I find ironic about this, is that it was Sony that started the whole landslide of copying and recording over 20 years ago when they made the betamax player with a record function. Sony produces CD-RW drives, mp3 players, DVD-RW drives, standalone DVD recorders, digital video recorders, and even blank media to use in all of the aforementioned hardware. Now, what is the purpose of making such equipment? Computer backups? Tape drives hold more data than a dvdr, even a dual layer dvdr. Zip and Jazz drives were used for personal data backups long before dvdrs came on the scene. So what, I ask, was the purpose of making such hardware? To make money on the latest trends, including those which they deem illegal. I mean honestly, if copyright protection was of the utmost importance to a company such as this, would they have ever made the technology available to the public? They knew what applications the hardware they made would have long before they released it to the consumer. Yet, they are hypocritical enough to say that the technology was not intended for this purpose, and that we are breaking the law to use it in such fashion. The technology was 100% intended for this purpose. The company hasn't lost any money due to copyright infringement. One division of the company isn't making as much as they project it could, but I'm sure what they make in hardware sales makes up for a big chunk of what they've "lost".

[erRor67]

Yeah, I always found it funny that Sony produces CDR, CDRW, DVDR, DVDRW and soon the new Blu Ray R and RW... all for backups... then they complain about people breaking protections just to get that backup..

[Filliz]

It's baaack...

[{I}{K}{E}]

It's baaack...

I dont think that site is from LIGHTNING_UK (the creator of DVD Decrypter)

[Filliz]

It's baaack...

I dont think that site is from LIGHTNING_UK (the creator of DVD Decrypter)

I think it is

I just would like to spread the word and let everyone know, you can now find DVD Decrypter at: http://www.dvddecrypter.r8.org After a lot of hard work, I've brought the website back! The bad news is I lost all my programers which means until I find a new team I will only provide version 3.5.4.0 for download. If you have programming skills please e-mail me AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!! I'm looking for a wide range of people including reverse engineer, C++, C+ or anyone who knows how to update and maintain software programs!! If you have these skills, Please contact me immediately at: [email protected] and please know you will work out of the kindness of your heart as I can not pay you unless someone wants me to add a "Donate NOW" link to the web page! As you also know, I have lost rights to the domain name of: www.dvddecrypter.com I hope to set up a "Donate Now" link to get donations for a new domain or new host, what ever I can afford! I also had to redo the logo in the top left corner. I even lost the forum as well so it will be a while for me to redo the new one and you will have to reregister. It took a lot of time to get this site back up, and it would be nice if someone could help me find a new development team and more places to host DVD Decrypter for download!

edit: No,it's not!

Just read this on cdfreaks.com:

aradian,pottz and Shoebedobedoo used our news submit to tell us that DVD Decrypter was back. We would like to inform our visitors that the story is, in fact, false. DVD Decrypter is not back and please refrain donating to the scam author. Other forums and news websites have been across this problems lately, like Slyck.com or ZeroPaid. Someone is registering on forums with LIGHTNING_UK! nick, posting this story and collecting money from users.

Please remember this is a scam and access to the website - hosted on Tripod.com - should be avoided.

BAstard!

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told you. already read something like that on another website