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DVD Decrypter -- gone forever
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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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12. June 2005 @ 23:04 |
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i dont know BUT if they rename it and move it to a different country that has different laws maybe it will fly once again .guess we will see, but i wouldnt count on it
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12. June 2005 @ 23:43 |
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If they manage to disassemble it, successfully rewrite it in C/C++, and release a new version that does more, maybe I'll take a look. BTW, does anyone know any good links to info about DVD encryption? I program as a hobby and was kind of curious to see just what makes it tick.
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13. June 2005 @ 00:13 |
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The best DVD extractor there ever was. ~ RIP ~
It is so stupid that the fuzz can just shut down perfectly legitimate and useful tools like this. My main use for it was to recover my non working DVDs. If it was so badly scratched or warped that it would not play, DVD Decrypter would retry every sector and get my the whole DVD back, on hard disk. I *will* have a black stripe on my wrist this week. RIP DVD Decrypter is in my diaplay name now.
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Not-So-Dear Macrovision,
It is the opinion of me that Macrovision are fucking morons, and that you should please go sodomize yourself with retractable batons.
Go fuck yourself.
Polite as usual,
anakata umm i mean rav0
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banmrk
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13. June 2005 @ 03:46 |
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Just a quick note to say thanks to DVD Decrypter author, I wish you all the best, but do not look down at this. Your software will always be known as a legend on the internet world. You have started a well known software and developed it into a one of a kind. I praise you on your success, yes it's gone now, fair enough, however, as they say "It's gone from us now, but the Legend will live on!".
No matter what company has taken this away from you and all of us, remember that now matter what, they won the battle but you did win the war!. I say this as a point of view of looking at the ways they tried to get around your software, in the long run they couldn't, making DVD Decrypter a Legend ! and you should look at this being an excellent point.
Eventually another software will take over, but the legend of this software and your self will not be erased from the history of the internet. Well done!
All the best, The Solver 2003. (Banmrk)
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13. June 2005 @ 08:35 |
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I agree with all the ppl here in that it is the best decryter that i ever used and i agree with Banmrk, DVD Decryter is now a martir and, excuse me but martirs are very usefull for wars. This sacrify will be never forgotten and the war will be fighted on and on.
Thank you, LIGHTNING UK for all the hard work and my best regards.
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13. June 2005 @ 18:26 |
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They are too late. Hundreds of thousands already possess the software.
Y'all *got* the software - USE IT!!!!
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miser
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13. June 2005 @ 18:58 |
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YOBUZZB
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13. June 2005 @ 20:40 |
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What a rip? Pardon the pun. They should put a statue or something for people like the author of DVD Decrypter. He's made sure we all can enjoy the dvd's we own to the fullest of the investments we've made. You will be missed, Dearly! I'll continue using it until it's no longer possible to do so.
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13. June 2005 @ 22:09 |
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Thank you for all of your hard work and the gratification it brought many in the world.
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13. June 2005 @ 22:25 |
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New version DVDDecrypter 3.5.5.0
http://www.p0stwh0res.com/pwimages/uploaded/proof1.png
This program has been floating around a couple torrent sites lately, I was wondering if it is afake or not.
It is fake.
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They are too late. Hundreds of thousands already possess the software.
Exactly. Hundreds of thousands can also seed torrents.
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13. June 2005 @ 22:46 |
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<removed> Looks like the site to me.Same info to all the mirror sites for download.I've been to the older site before it changed and only minor differences.If macrovision were to sue this guy they would have sue all the others.Looks legit to me.I would send him a paypal.Programmers are not cheap, and thats what he needs.If it's updated to 3.5.5.0 you will see all the mirror sites posting it.You don't directly download the file from their website.
Edit: Links to the hoax site removed by Ketola.
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13. June 2005 @ 22:48 |
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I don't buy the torrent verion one bit.
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13. June 2005 @ 23:36 |
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What does anyone think of this.....fake?????????
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<removed> Looks like the site to me
<removed> IS FAKE
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And the point of this site is........?
I would not have a problem with this other than the fact that you are trying to pass yourself off as someone you are not.
You made an attenpt to put up a copy of the original site. You even left the "Nethosted" logo in. This site is not hosted there or at any normal hosting service.
Edit: Links to the hoax site removed by Ketola.
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14. June 2005 @ 03:32 |
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Just to add something - a number of us were talking about a boycott of sorts. One of the problems with organising something like that is no-one wants to be the scapegoat.
I just found this ( on BoingBoing )and I want to see what others think. It could prove useful at some stage...
----- PledgeBank: I will do $FOO if $NUMBER others will too
Tom sez, "mySociety launches our newest civic site PledgeBank today. PledgeBank is about getting over the barrier to action that is the fear of being the only person who wants to achieve something. It lets people say "I'll do something, but only if 10 others will too."
Social/technological hacker Stef "Wikiproxy" Magdalinski has come up with a great subversive pledge already: "Stef will refuse to register for a UK National ID card but only if 3,000,000 people will sign up."
Tom continues, "PledgeBank is the first of the UK civic coding community sites to be equally useful in the US and the rest of the world. Happy pledging, and let us know how we can improve our features for non-British folks." --------
Obviously, we're not just talking about ID cards here, and I'm not sure about rules on posting a link. A search for PledgeBank would suffice.
I do think action of some sort is needed (it's inevitable, actually, just a matter of when).
Ptwenty
Good riddance to that avatar.
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14. June 2005 @ 08:35 |
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Maybe the web site IS LEGITIMATE for the sake of arguement and the story about how lightining uk was forced out of business was just a gigantic hoax...........................
The dude was blowing smoke.
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14. June 2005 @ 11:24 |
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So it was Macrovision. Grrrrrrrrr.
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mytchm
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14. June 2005 @ 12:28 |
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Macrovision....
Macrovision....what idiots.....
All this for something that can't even stop you from doing a straight dub from DVD to tape.
(Install a $15-$20 RF modulator box bettween machines in case you didn't know)
OOOOOPSSS... maybe they'll sue me next.
What a shame.
Dub a movie today!
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14. June 2005 @ 14:03 |
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I thought it was Macrovision. They are coming out with "Rip Guard" soon. LUK was one of those people that 'could' beat it, which explains why they went after him. Lets just hope that Rip Guard is as effective as CSS was...
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14. June 2005 @ 15:02 |
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I just would like to spread the word and let everyone know, you can now find DVD Decrypter at: <removed> After a lot of hard work, I've brought the website back! The bad news is I lost all my programers which means unitl 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: lightninguk.dvddecrypter@gmail.com
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watch out for this one. there collecting IP addressed
Edit: Links to the hoax site removed by Ketola.
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A_Klingon
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15. June 2005 @ 02:17 |
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Over a period of time, and the course of several like-minded softwares, I have grown to respect DVD-Decrypter above all others. Not that we don't need the others, because we certainly DO!
But it would have been wonderful to have ongoing ("official") development of this indispensible tool.
I am encountering more totally unreadable discs lately. Not *just* copy-inhibited discs, mind you, but discs that simply, outright r-e-f-u-s-e to be recognized.
As doom9 says, it is not so much "copy protection" as it is a perversion of the dvd specs.
I am not certain if DVD-Decrypter could address this problem or not. It may be hardware-DRM-related. (Oh, *thank you* so much micro$oft. - I _knew_ you bastards were coming.) :-(
If my burner/rom can't even *load* a dvd, I don't know if DVD-Decrypter (or any de-css'er) could help, but I would be more than willing to PayPal Mr. Lightning for his help and/or support. (Hell, I *owe* him anyway!)
I may start a new thread here, asking folks to please list those discs which refuse loading into a cd/dvd/rom/burner. A class action-suit needs to be initiated against 20th Century Fox, and Universal Pictures, (or whoever controls these guys now).
Here are 2 initial entries:
(20th Century Fox): The Simpsons - Season 5 - Disc 3 of 4 disc-set - *Unreadable*.
(Universal Pictures): Columbo - Season 2 - Disc 2 of 4 disc-set - *Unreadable*.
I expect this trend to continue and get worse. All other discs in the (above) sets read fine.
This is not copy-protection. This is illegal disc-disabling. I see no clue on the box that one of the enclosed discs is partially crippled. This is SNEAKY and deplorable.
(Oh, oh.... I'm beginning to rant.....) <sigh>
We need to alert and protect each other.
Thoughts, anyone?
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15. June 2005 @ 04:19 |
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he needs to move to canada...
DVD X COPY is still available on our store shelves here...
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15. June 2005 @ 11:17 |
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I agree with you A_Klingon. Though I haven't personally encountered any of these mutilated discs, legal action is definitely warrented if they simply won't play. The movie industy would rather destroy its own merchandise than have it used by people with computer DVD drives. Very pitiful indeed. Obviously the idea of disturbed minds.
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15. June 2005 @ 11:56 |
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Isn't it possible to make an exact copy of any disk. So that the copy has all the exact same information as the original and in the same place. Copy protection and all. Seems to me to make something like this would be the only way to beat the bums. They could copy protect all they want but your duplication process with even duplicate the protection. They would lose no matter what they try.
Example for those that do not understand. lets say the original starts out something like this : 01100010011101110. Current methods do not duplicate this your copy may be something like this: 10110001001000110. We need something that will make a copy that starts out like: 01100010011101110 and so on throughout the entire disk. So you get a true mirror image. I hope you understand me now. Yes this method may require the use of DVDR/DL media. why didn't Hollywood try to stop those from coming out?
----Note to after dawn-----
I found a bug. You know that stupid flash game where you shoot paint-balls at your co-workers? Well if that add is up you are unable to type in the log-in window. You have to back out and go back to the log-in with hopes of a different rip off add being there.
-Del
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15. June 2005 @ 12:48 |
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I think that other alternatives will evolve. Actually, it has already done so!! You have "AnyDVD" in the market and also Apollo DVD Copy. Apolly DVD Copy will decrypt, compress and burn your software. I have tried it and it is quite good. You will find it on: www.xtodvd.com/ It will cost you some money, big deal!
Björn Lundahl, Göteborg, Sweden
PS AnyDVD is also a very good decrypter.
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bokhylla
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15. June 2005 @ 13:13 |
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A small remark. I wrote that Apollo DVD Copy will decrypt, compress and burn your "software", I meant, of course, that Apollo DVD Copy will decrypt, compress
and burn your DVD film. Björn Lundahl, Göteborg, Sweden
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