Popular Blu-Ray Ripping Software Shuts Down Following Legal Pressure

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It looks like the people behind AnyDVD finally lost their battle with the entertainment industry. I still find it odd that, even though consumers have the right to copy a DVD for their own use, the tools to do so are outlawed.


The Antigua-based software company SlySoft has shut down its website and ceased sales of the popular Blu-ray ripping software AnyDVD. The action comes several days after a group of Hollywood studios and technology partners asked the U.S. Government to intervene.
 
Interesting but, I think with all the streaming services and now this, this is going to bite the industry in the butt. After all, a lot of folks prefer to rip their media to a NAS so they can play it on any device they want instead of digging out the disc at that time. I like Blu ray disks but, with the cost of them still being over $20 in many cases, this is going to hurt them bad.
 
Steve said:
I still find it odd that, even though consumers have the right to copy a DVD for their own use, the tools to do so are outlawed.
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You can thank the DMCA for that convenient loophole. Any circumvention of copy-protection is unlawful and overrides Fair Use protections in the 1976 Copyright Act. (and while personal copying has been codified for VCRs/DVRs and audio recordings- they've never specified whether DVD rips fall into the same basket)

So if AnyDVD is no more, what do we use now?
 
Saturn_V said:
You can thank the DMCA for that convenient loophole. Any circumvention of copy-protection is unlawful and overrides Fair Use protections in the 1976 Copyright Act. (and while personal copying has been codified for VCRs/DVRs and audio recordings- they've never specified whether DVD rips fall into the same basket)

So if AnyDVD is no more, what do we use now?
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Is MakeMKV still around or a viable solution?
 
There have been legit discs I couldn't even play on laptops etc without AnyDVD disabling the bullshit protections. I haven't bought physical media in years, but I certainly wouldn't now. As if putting this excellent software out of business is going to make the slightest difference to piracy.
 
Well, the only good software, that i've used for ages, is toast. WTF. I OWN my DVD's. I have a right to copy them. I think it may be time for legal owners of movies to exercise their rights in court to make legal copies.
 
This sucks, but MakeMKV is still around for the time being. Will def purchase a license.
 
dceremuga said:
I think it may be time for legal owners of movies to exercise their rights in court to make legal copies.
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Indeed, how is it legal to actively prevent people from exercising their legitimate right to make personal copies, but illegal to circumvent those measures?
 
Steve said:
The action comes several days after a group of Hollywood studios and technology partners asked the U.S. Government to intervene.
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Translation: The MPAA were impatient that legal avenues were taking too long so they got their puppets in government to threaten them.
 
Figured this was going to happen sooner or latter. Really liked their software, had a lifetime license for a good while so I got my money's worth. Honestly not using this stuff nearly as much as I used to.
 
Damn, looks like my lifetime license has just expired. What a load of BS. I sure hope that someone continues their work; just like they did with Elby's. I mainly used it to gain control over navigation and DRM that messes with media players (even retail).
 
mynamehere said:
Damn, looks like my lifetime license has just expired. What a load of BS. I sure hope that someone continues their work; just like they did with Elby's. I mainly used it to gain control over navigation and DRM that messes with media players (even retail).
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There alway DVDfab
 
This sucks. Yeah you can still use MakeMKV for 2D blurays, but for frame packed 3D isos, you still needed AnyDVD to get around Cinavia. Sad day.
 
Man that stinks... they even shutdown their whole site other products included...

will have to hunt down the latest version somewhere...

In the mean time MakeMKV will have to do../

I will just switch to download pirated copies giving me access to pirate even more titles than the physical disks I have access to. Genius guys... I started to pirate TV shows because Dish image quality sucks and "exclusive" deals and/or missing content from the streaming providers I would have been happy to pay to use... Now I will just start to pirate movies as well and cancel more of my media costs.

I pirated because I was poor techie... Now I am very comfortable and willing to pay and they just make it a hassle and insultingly expensive (no I am not paying $5 to stream a 20 year old movie)... Multiple services, missing content, settop box hell... Now I pirate cause they are greedy and a pain in the arse.
 
This is such a drag. I have a bunch of lifetime licenses, I wonder if they will continue to work. I don't think I have updated my program in a while, so I am probably a version or two behind. I wonder if there are any safe versions of the program out there for archival purposes?
 
Oh crap.. They shut down everything at Slysoft.

Here is what you get if you go to their page.

"Due to recent regulatory requirements we have had to cease all activities relating to SlySoft Inc.
We wish to thank our loyal customers/clients for their patronage over the years."

Well, screw the MPAA and the politicians in their pockets.

There are a ton of other software packages out there that can do the same thing.. some open source.

Crap like this makes me want to rip and distribute ripped copies just to stick it to the crooks at the MPAA and their supporters.
 
I don't think AnyDVD is actually a "ripper" but is simply a program that can remove copy protection from Blu-Ray disks. At least that's how it used to be.
 
Domingo said:
I don't think AnyDVD is actually a "ripper" but is simply a program that can remove copy protection from Blu-Ray disks. At least that's how it used to be.
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AnyDVD does have ripping capability. But SlySoft had another utility, Clone DVD for DVD burning. They didn't have their own BD burning app though, there's a European company they linked to for that.
 
Definitely some real bad news. It was the best program and I had a lifetime license also. Though I also admit I haven't used it in a year now, it got me through a few years of the BS of not having an HDCP compliant monitor. I guess that means no updates for the next season of Game of Thrones copy protections that will be released soon. I have all my discs on my file server for easy access. Interesting though that now my way of ripping my own discs will lead me to finding pirate copies of the content I own to get it off my discs and onto my home server, good job morons.
 
Dr. Righteous said:
AnyDVD was for profit. Not surprised they went after them first.
There are other methods that work just as well and are open source. But I'm reluctant to name names now a days. :unsure:
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Can you PM me an open source alternative to block Cinavia detection like AnyDVD HD did?
 
Well, if anybody finds links to safe final versions of their products it would be helpful to post them here so that those of us with licenses can continue using them as long as possible. I admit that after all this time I assumed that Slysoft had somehow evaded the greedy clutches of the RIAA and MPAA. I should have known better.
 
shspvr said:
There alway DVDfab
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True, just really suck since the AnyDVD HD lifetime wasn't exactly cheap ($120 w/discount). I hate to have to pay for yet another software. The functions of AnyDVD are split between different DVDfab software. Both Passkey for Blu-ray and CinaviaRemoval ($105.60 combo price) are baked into AnyDVD HD.
I bought lifetime DVDfab back before the US forced them to gimp the software, but that program doesn't cover the functionality I desire now.
 
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I just bought a lifetime pass less than a month ago!
I liked that I could move my stack of legally purchased blurays to my Synology box. It made watching movies so much easier.
I hope MakeMKV works for awhile because its my other goto program when I didn't use AnyDVD.

Im sure someone else will pop up and take AnyDVDs place. Until then i will have to be old fashioned and keep any new Blurays on the shelf and put them in a player.
 
So now you have to sell your soul to the movie industry in UltraViolet or pirate a version of your own legally purchased movies? Sounds like the PC gaming industry :p.
 
Well this sucks. Oh well, I bought it 7 years ago, so I guess I got my money's worth. I guess I'll put on hold buying 4k BDs until someone else has a solution (as I assume they would have either added that functionality or created a new program).
 
You guys are all talking as if the fact that they are no longer going to develop or sell the software means it is just going to completely disappear.

I'd imagine your existing copies will continue to work just fine. Just save the install file for the next time you do a clean windows install.

Any windows executable that runs in Windows10 will likely run for the foreseeable future.

I wouldn't be surprised if the software continues to be used, but with pirated copies going forward.
 
The entertainment industry FORCED me to buy anydvd...! My HTPC won't play blu-ray discs because I'm going through a receiver to my TV. So what the heck am I supposed to do now?! Since I own the rights to view the movie, I guess I'll have to resort to downloading a ripped copy from the internet to view my legally purchased movies. Way to go entertainment industry! You guys are real champs. Or is it chumps?

I also have a lifetime license. I also need to at least get the latest versions of their software. I haven't updated it in a few months, so I'm a couple releases old.
 
Zarathustra[H] said:
You guys are all talking as if the fact that they are no longer going to develop or sell the software means it is just going to completely disappear.

I'd imagine your existing copies will continue to work just fine. Just save the install file for the next time you do a clean windows install.

Any windows executable that runs in Windows10 will likely run for the foreseeable future.

I wouldn't be surprised if the software continues to be used, but with pirated copies going forward.
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AnyDVD does have some dependencies to remote servers, like activation and title specific awareness for its decryption process for BDs. So its experience will be degraded because of this.
 
If you go to the Slysoft forms and look for a user mike20021969 and then check his signature, he has linked to the latest official version...
ShagnWagn said:
The entertainment industry FORCED me to buy anydvd...! My HTPC won't play blu-ray discs because I'm going through a receiver to my TV. So what the heck am I supposed to do now?! Since I own the rights to view the movie, I guess I'll have to resort to downloading a ripped copy from the internet to view my legally purchased movies. Way to go entertainment industry! You guys are real champs. Or is it chumps?

I also have a lifetime license. I also need to at least get the latest versions of their software. I haven't updated it in a few months, so I'm a couple releases old.
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Zarathustra[H] said:
You guys are all talking as if the fact that they are no longer going to develop or sell the software means it is just going to completely disappear.
I'd imagine your existing copies will continue to work just fine. Just save the install file for the next time you do a clean windows install.
Any windows executable that runs in Windows10 will likely run for the foreseeable future.
I wouldn't be surprised if the software continues to be used, but with pirated copies going forward.
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Yes, but for future disks, it may not work. They updated the software 1-2x per month.
 
nilepez said:
Yes, but for future disks, it may not work. They updated the software 1-2x per month.
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Also true particularly for BDs that even have trouble in commercial BD players. My old Sony whatever BD in the bedroom it is not connect to the Internet and never been updated and it wouldn't play "Specter". But it did play using PowerDVD which is actually a great player I think.
 
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