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the site is down at present...

no its back up - hehehe

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The companies concerned produce devices that permit analogue copies despite corrupt video signals

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cop·y [kóppee]
n (plural cop·ies)
1. reproduction: something that is made exactly like something else in appearance or function
2. one of many: any of many identical specimens of something that is produced in large numbers, especially something printed or published
3. written text: the written text to be published in a book, newspaper, or magazine, as distinct from visual material or graphics

v (past cop·ied, past participle cop·ied, present participle cop·y·ing, 3rd person present singular cop·ies)
1. vt make identical version: to make another example or specimen that is exactly the same as something
2. vt do same as: to do exactly what somebody else does
3. vti cheat by doing same: to reproduce the work of another fraudulently
4. vt send copy to somebody: to send a copy to somebody, especially a copy of a letter or other document
All heads of departments should have been copied.

[14th century. Via French from, ultimately, Latin copia ?abundance, power, right? (see copious), in phrases meaning ?the right to transcribe.?]

-cop·y·a·ble, adj
Microsoft® Encarta® Reference Library 2003. © 1993-2002 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

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1.): The law in the US and most EU countries won't allow it. Owning & using tools like DVD Decrypter, AnyDVD, etc. is perfectly legal. (Even if a lot of people want to tell you otherwise). Selling, distributing or advertising for it is not. (again US, most EU countries)
Doing it for profit (LUK! at least asked for donations, SlySoft, Fengtao) may even be a criminal offense. E.g., in Germany the max. penalty would be one year in jail. I don't know UK law well, but it is probably very similar.
2.): Macrovision (or Sony DADC, as some people have thought) is not interested in the end user. They want to protect their intellectual property - the copy protection which is sold to the studios.
If the proptection is bypassed, the studios won't buy it and they will lose money. Simple as that. Additionaly, they must fight such tools to protect their customers. They don't really care if LUK! will get a penalty, they want that DVD Decrypter is no longer developed, maintained, distributed, etc.
I assume this is what the agreement is about and IMHO LUK! did exactly the right thing. To settle with Macrovision was the only way to escape, and really didn't hurt anyone we know or care about....

Free advise: Collecting donations via PayPal was probably the reason that MacroVision could find LUK! The "flow of the money" can always easily be traced. Don't offer a tool which copies protected stuff on your own website and don't ask for donations. Unless you are sitting in China or Antigua, of course. Or Switzerland. [/qoute]