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Last chance to buy Slysoft products with free updates
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The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 26 December, 2008
SlySoft informed us earlier that they'll change their upgrade policy. Currently, if you buy any of SlySoft's products, you'll get free updates for your lifetime. To be fair for its current and past customers, this policy wont change for existing customers, but soon new customers will get the updates only for one year, a common policy with software products nowadays.
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26. December 2008 @ 15:48 |
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Glad I purchased mine already !
Happy New year !
Jo
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maxikaz
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26. December 2008 @ 16:08 |
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i am happy too
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b18bek9
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26. December 2008 @ 16:10 |
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i already purchased anydvd best money spent but i think this will lead ppl to downloading cracked copies instead of only gettin a years worth of use out of the product. I kind of understand the business idea in what they are doing by trying to make a good profit off of it but for the price its at now with only a years worth of updates i'd kind of shy away from purchasing it. Well just my two cents love the product and good luck to them.
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getanacct
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26. December 2008 @ 21:26 |
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If we want the studios to honor "Fair Use", then people need to support Slysoft by buying the software instead of getting illegal pirated copies.
Come on, each trial version is free for 21 days anyway!!
If you like it (whatever Slysoft product you like) so much that you use it/them, you can still get free updates for life by buying the license for each product before December 31. That's about 4-5 days away, depending where in the world you live.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 26. December 2008 @ 21:29
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27. December 2008 @ 00:07 |
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I've loved slysoft products since the days that DVD Decryptor and DVD Shrink stopped updating and fixing their products for the new bugs. Once I couldn't use DVD Copy, I looked for alternatives. Any DVD is the best. I might buy a license for Any DVD HD just in case I get a blu ray burner in the future.
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27. December 2008 @ 01:25 |
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I don't understand this new move one bit...SlySoft is great because of their ability to quickly move and break new protections. What good is the program if it cant break that new DVD I just purchased. I mean sure, I can wait one year for the update...but why bother...
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27. December 2008 @ 01:32 |
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Originally posted by DVDBack23:
I don't understand this new move one bit...SlySoft is great because of their ability to quickly move and break new protections. What good is the program if it cant break that new DVD I just purchased. I mean sure, I can wait one year for the update...but why bother...
I think you mean, after Dec 31,2008, your update license is good for only a year, then if you want further updates, an additional 1 year license is necessary to purchase (every year). Once purchased, new updates (when available) will allow you to back up your newly purchased dvd ( without waiting a year).
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27. December 2008 @ 01:38 |
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Originally posted by bryston:
Originally posted by DVDBack23:
I don't understand this new move one bit...SlySoft is great because of their ability to quickly move and break new protections. What good is the program if it cant break that new DVD I just purchased. I mean sure, I can wait one year for the update...but why bother...
I think you mean, after Dec 31,2008, your update license is good for only a year, then if you want further updates, an additional 1 year license is necessary to purchase (every year). Once purchased, new updates (when available) will allow you to back up your newly purchased dvd ( without waiting a year).
Aww I see, its free updates as usual, just new license must be purchased every year. That was not clear to me, thanks for clearing it up :) (That's what I get for being up 20 hours)
(Ive had the full suite since 2006 so doesn't affect me regardless :P)
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27. December 2008 @ 01:47 |
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DVDBack23,
you are quite welcome.
BTW, mom says "go to bed"
Jo
Life is Grand !
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27. December 2008 @ 11:34 |
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Thats pretty good that you get a year of updates..but.... the price makes it not worth fooling with, if they want a steady stream of income they need to halve the price to about 20 euros.
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27. December 2008 @ 12:22 |
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Originally posted by ZippyDSM:
Thats pretty good that you get a year of updates..but.... the price makes it not worth fooling with, if they want a steady stream of income they need to halve the price to about 20 euros.
I couldn't agree more ZippyDSM. Even with the 20% discount AnyDVD is ?39.20 or $55.11 (according to XE.com) AnyDVD HD is ?63.20 or $88.56.
That is a lot of bones to drop every year just to keep an active license.
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27. December 2008 @ 12:28 |
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Quote:
Originally posted by ZippyDSM:
Thats pretty good that you get a year of updates..but.... the price makes it not worth fooling with, if they want a steady stream of income they need to halve the price to about 20 euros.
I couldn't agree more ZippyDSM. Even with the 20% discount AnyDVD is ?39.20 or $55.11 (according to XE.com) AnyDVD HD is ?63.20 or $88.56.
That is a lot of bones to drop every year just to keep an active license.
Ya it comes down to some revenue is better than none but the trouble is they get greedy and think they can make do with larger but sparatic revenue then wonder why they can't keep up their cocaine habit.
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27. December 2008 @ 14:01 |
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Quote:
Originally posted by ZippyDSM:
Thats pretty good that you get a year of updates..but.... the price makes it not worth fooling with, if they want a steady stream of income they need to halve the price to about 20 euros.
I couldn't agree more ZippyDSM. Even with the 20% discount AnyDVD is ?39.20 or $55.11 (according to XE.com) AnyDVD HD is ?63.20 or $88.56.
That is a lot of bones to drop every year just to keep an active license.
Well thats why its time to buy it now haha. That 88 bucks over the span of 30 years sounds reasonable :P
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27. December 2008 @ 14:19 |
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Originally posted by DVDBack23:
Well thats why its time to buy it now haha. That 88 bucks over the span of 30 years sounds reasonable :P
Even over the course of 2-3 years that isn't a bad deal.
$88 is expensive initially but that equates to only $44 (after two years) and $29.34 (after three years) spent per year and with "lifetime" updates, it will be good for 5-10 years by my guess before a new product is "required" to handle the newest format.
Peace
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27. December 2008 @ 19:29 |
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i can "purchase" mine anytime and get free updates for life from their sister site "Demon Oid"
wink wink
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cousinkix
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27. December 2008 @ 19:30 |
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If we want the studios to honor "Fair Use", then people need to support Slysoft by buying the software instead of getting illegal pirated copies.
He must be kidding. They already got a US federal court to outlaw the sales of DVD X Copy a few years ago. The last thing those HOLLYWOOD studios want (on the market) is another piece of software that can defeat their DRM copy protection schemes. Buying a Slysoft product doesn't change the fact, that is illegal to make copies of those DVDs, that somebody bought legally in a store.
I have nothing against Slysoft; but their new updates policy will only encourage more people to use cracked versions instead of buying their $88 copies...
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28. December 2008 @ 00:31 |
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I don't believe the yearly update fee will be the original purchase price. Like I'm stuck with having to upgrade DVD Fab now since I waited too long. But the the update yearly I think will only be $10US. I would expect AnyDVD to be in that vicinity too.
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avoidz
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5. January 2009 @ 22:12 |
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If we want the studios to honor "Fair Use", then people need to support Slysoft by buying the software instead of getting illegal pirated copies.
He must be kidding. They already got a US federal court to outlaw the sales of DVD X Copy a few years ago. The last thing those HOLLYWOOD studios want (on the market) is another piece of software that can defeat their DRM copy protection schemes. Buying a Slysoft product doesn't change the fact, that is illegal to make copies of those DVDs, that somebody bought legally in a store.
I have nothing against Slysoft; but their new updates policy will only encourage more people to use cracked versions instead of buying their $88 copies...
True. Paying for software that does an illegal thing doesn't make much sense.
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5. January 2009 @ 22:18 |
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If we want the studios to honor "Fair Use", then people need to support Slysoft by buying the software instead of getting illegal pirated copies.
He must be kidding. They already got a US federal court to outlaw the sales of DVD X Copy a few years ago. The last thing those HOLLYWOOD studios want (on the market) is another piece of software that can defeat their DRM copy protection schemes. Buying a Slysoft product doesn't change the fact, that is illegal to make copies of those DVDs, that somebody bought legally in a store.
I have nothing against Slysoft; but their new updates policy will only encourage more people to use cracked versions instead of buying their $88 copies...
True. Paying for software that does an illegal thing doesn't make much sense.
In capitalist amerika fair use is illegal! HA!
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