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DVD Decrypter -- gone forever
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The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 6 June, 2005
Not really a good way to start a new week -- this just came in via our news submit (thanks Shoey):
Hello world,
I'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 ... [ read the full article ]
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7. June 2005 @ 18:20 |
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decrypter was one of my favorites and it will be hard to find another that good.however i know people that can crack anything on a disc but they prefere to stay under the radar. i think its just a matter of time before someone gets the balls to put it on the internet.
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OvrLpdIO
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7. June 2005 @ 18:39 |
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This is very sad indeed. I commend you on your dedication over the years. You've created a well written solid application and it will be missed. Is it still possible to donate?
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pegasus82
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7. June 2005 @ 18:51 |
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viva finland! i think you guys should grant mr lighnting uk political asylum and ask him to move over. maybe one day finland will be the center of technology innovation......no wonder nokia does not pop up in UK/US.
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7. June 2005 @ 18:52 |
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Does anyone else get the eerie feeling DVD Shrink is next on the hit list?
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Dimi334
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7. June 2005 @ 19:28 |
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I wouldn't be surprised if DVD Shrink is gone within a couple of months. New programs might be required for ripping and burning HD DVD and Blue Ray but who is going to develop them when they will only be shutdown.
A dark period lies ahead for those wanting to back up their own DVDs, especially when the greedy companies refuse to drop them to a reasonable price (here in Australia) and stomp on the little men trying to give people a viable option.
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pegasus82
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7. June 2005 @ 19:41 |
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make it open source and then anyone can upgrade the software?
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RCDGROUP
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7. June 2005 @ 19:55 |
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A sad day indeed, when are we as a community going to really rise up and take it to these neo-nazi big wigs who think they can make millions by breaking the backs of us average folk ! I will come right out and say that I have used DVDD as my primary source of getting around these $#$%% protection for 3 years . And I smile with glee each and every time I get the your DVD was succesfully ripped message. Sad to see you go and know that your program will live on for as long as i it able to do what you created it to do.
Screw the MPAA ! up yours #$#%holes ! My burners will be busy tonite and Ebay listings and office bathroom sales plenty.
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jwo62
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7. June 2005 @ 20:04 |
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@Dimi334
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DvdShrink is already as gone as it will ever get. the creator of DVD Shrink has also stopped updating the program,for different reasons,he works for Nero now.
I think the final version of dvdd,like the final version of dvdshrink will always be available for download, somewhere.
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Madcapper
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7. June 2005 @ 21:49 |
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I won't get discouraged by this. Is this the "ultimate victory" for the motion picture industry? There's no such thing the way I see it. It's only a matter of time before someone else picks up the torch and runs with it.
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itscasue
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7. June 2005 @ 22:35 |
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Thanks for all the work you will be greatly missed.
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bong1169
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7. June 2005 @ 22:49 |
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thanks for everything! all is not lost because no one can stop innovation! there will always be others...
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7. June 2005 @ 23:02 |
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Ok Ok...so now I just started crying my little eyes out cause this totally sucks @ss!
Seems like this is, like drD said, not a good way to start the week off.
Hopefully some other companies will start making programs to continue on the trend.
Man...wtf is up with all this stuff lately, first ET gets shut down and now this, what next...internet is only going to be used to access the news and weather? See, it is things like this that makes people do more downloading, creating programs, and everything else that the corporate slime are trying to stop.
Anyways...it was a GREAT run with Decrypter and hope that all things turn out good for it's creators. Best of luck to you all!
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dmai73
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7. June 2005 @ 23:46 |
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Best wishes to the man who gave so much... Thx for the free ride. I will forever let everyone know that I was a part of a great time in history and have my "back-ups" as evidence. Now excuse me, I have to "back-up" some more shit before it's too late!!!
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7. June 2005 @ 23:58 |
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Just remember, there are thousands of movies (and games) you can still use Decrypter for. In fact there aren't any as of right now you can't use it for. It will be a long time before the ones you can't use it on outweigh the ones you can use it on. Soooo, LUK's wonderful gift is still the gift that keeps on giving. Thanx Lightening!!!
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9thdoctor
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8. June 2005 @ 00:06 |
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What really pisses me off the most about all of this is these big companys who say that dvd back up is illegal and yet they make all the media available for any of us to buy legally over the counter at your local pc world. In short if they don't want us making our own copies they should'nt invent the tools to do the job in the first place.
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8. June 2005 @ 00:11 |
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This is pretty sad indeed. DD is such a great program for backing up DVDs & PS2 games. In spite of all the "rules, laws, and regulations", I strongly deem that a similar version will somehow rise again when the time comes. Realistically speaking, there's "night" and "day", "good" and "evil", "pro" and "con", "the rich" and "the poor" etc. exist in this so called earth. With that being said; everything needs to be/have a "balance" in between in order to have a life cycle. Take for an example: this planet needs to have seasons such as "Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring" in order for the human and animal nature to survive. One can not survive without the other period. It's only a matter of times that another great program like this shall arise in the near future.
My deepest sympathy goes out to Lightning UK
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 8. June 2005 @ 01:08
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8. June 2005 @ 00:24 |
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Anyone have any idea who "a certain company" is? I did a whois, but it is protected as of right now.
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brent1a
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8. June 2005 @ 00:39 |
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I don't know who the company is but the website owner info displayed by whois is probably protected by Lightning UK thru some service. I have a similar service for my domain name registration as well so that no one will know who owns the domain name directly. I'm guessing though that big name companies can still subpeona domain name registration companies for real owners and thats probably one way Lightning UK got hunted down. Perhaps once the switch is done we will be able to whois it and see what company it was...if we're lucky.
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ptwenty
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8. June 2005 @ 01:09 |
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Well it IS a sad day.
Just want to say thanks to LUK for a great piece of software! Served me very well for a long time.
mcfly982 scratched the surface of a huge issue, and I agree. George Orwell made a similar point, which is being realised day by day incrementally.
The reason for this is just PURE GREED. These fat-cats make billions of dollars of profit each year on movies.
Their kids will never go hungry due to folks copying a few DVDs: yet they want more and more money.
I hope those greedy ba$tard$ rot in hell. The world has many more serious vices than DeCSS. Like Cockefeller, Kissinger and co.
Ptwenty
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gambiel7
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8. June 2005 @ 01:41 |
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Maybe George W. and Bono will do something abouth this one! DVD Decrypter best dvd tool EVER! I've been copying with Decrypter and Shrink since my copy of Xcopy stopped receiving it's updates and now this.....Shrink is definately next.... this is saddest day on this sight in over 2 years....region free tools will soon be in trouble...
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9thdoctor
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8. June 2005 @ 03:07 |
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Hey gambiel7 lets get'em all involved bob geldof, midge ure, lenny henry and bono and all those other celebrites who think they can change the world.
Q.Whats is the difference between gon and Bono?
A.God doesn't walk around dublin pretending he is Bono
A worthwile dream at least.
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nick227
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8. June 2005 @ 05:01 |
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Why can't "Lighting UK!" just transfer it's operation to another COUNTRY and distribute from this third country? The world is a pretty big place. And if the developer is afraid of being pursued then create ANOTHER product. Ok rename it and just operate as if he was in this "other" country. AfterDawn is in Finland...where am I????
So my take on this would be "the King is dead...Long Live the King" Just move.
Open source would be nice. A nice subtle flip of the bird to these guys chasing Lighting UK!
If it were me I would release the source code and/or move offshore. Everyone loves outsourcing? Cool then outsource this!
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gambiel7
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8. June 2005 @ 06:05 |
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when I was young we would double up VCR's and copy tape to tape, no one ever cared. You know if the industry would make movies worth a F@#K and were priced right they wouldnt need to infringe our rights. Just another instance of letting our country stab us in the back over our so-called rights. Shame on you fascist. SHAME...........America is headed down a bad bad road......
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chesty
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8. June 2005 @ 08:12 |
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I have a sneaking suspicition that lightining uk sold out his business interest in a "friendly corporate takeover " to a major business interest that is speculating pretty heavily that the anti circumvision provision of the DMCA in the united states will be changed and amended either through a major supreme court ruling or the law being changed in the halls of the US congress and they plan to cash in on the dvd copying software market .
I really don't believe his bogus story about him being harassed by the MPAA.
Matter of fact the MPAA is probabaly coming up with ideas how they can cash in on the dvd copying software market.
The MPAA knows the handwriting is on the wall.
I personally think he stands to make out like a fat rat financially speaking.
He's blowing smoke up everybody's butt............
dvd encyption tools are like anything else in life.
No freebies.
You have to pay to play
It really amazes me that most of you who ever downloaded dvd decyrpter from this website did not have any idea this was going to happen and was not copying their downloads to cd or dvd data discs all along.
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chesty
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8. June 2005 @ 08:15 |
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I have a sneaking suspiction that lightining uk sold out his business interest in a "friendly corporate takeover " to a major business interest that is speculating pretty heavily that the anti circumvision provision of the DMCA in the united states will be changed and amended either through a major supreme court ruling or the law being changed in the halls of the US congress and they plan to cash in on the dvd copying software market .
I really don't believe his bogus story about him being harassed by the MPAA.
Matter of fact the MPAA is probabaly coming up with ideas how they can cash in on the dvd copying software market.
The MPAA knows the handwriting is on the wall.
I personally think he stands to make out like a fat rat financially speaking.
He's blowing smoke up everybody's butt............
dvd decyption tools are like anything else in life.
No freebies.
You have to pay to play
It really amazes me that most of you who ever downloaded dvd decyrpter from this website did not have any idea this was going to happen and was not copying their downloads to cd or dvd data discs all along.
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