So when a new form of Copy Protection hits, what will U use

[Denvers Dawgs]

Since dvd decrypter is dead. What will you use

[waheed]

There are loads, smartripper, dvd shrink etc.. (freewares)

Anydvd, DVD Region & CSS Free etc.. (paywares)

The next copy protection is likely to be Rip Guard.

[bnw99]

dvd decrypter is dead in what way?

[leebo]

dvd decrypter is dead in what way?

In that it is no longer alive. Thats the most common form of dead.

[greymalkin]

i'm failing to see the logic to this question?

if a new copy protection is applied, then a new program will need to be made to reverse engineer/bypass it. therefore by design the program will not exist until the copy protection it needs to break does. How then can I tell you today what program i will use?

[waheed]

dvd decrypter is dead in what way?

In that there will no further updated or newer versions made available.

[Denvers Dawgs]

The question is somewhat dumb when I read it now....It's kind of asking you to predict the future...sometimes I don't think it all out before I post.....lol.....sorry

[ybeard]

Gee, I'll probably just watch my original until there's a means to back it up....

[pbhalerao]

Me thinks that you all are worring too much. Any new copy protection will have to work with the existing set of hardware, read, stand alone DVD players. Current players' capabilities are well known and hence the rip s/w packages will come out with new versions that break the new CP within days, if not weeks (if indeed such an event happens).

If we are talking about BlueRay or HD DVD then let them arrive first. They will take a little while to be popular. The common man is not going to shift to these immediately. By the time the new format is cheap and popular, I am pretty sure that there will be ripping methods available.

[Micker_C]

I , er heard It was Sony that pulled the plug on Decryptor? I'm amazed though that anyone has not stopped long enough to figure out [Industry] that if people can't back up their 'stuff' -Then what's the point of all that "Other" expensive hardware AND software?

Looks like someone wants their cake and eat it to. Driving away the profit margins of the "Other" 'Stuff' would cost the industry $$$$.

Aside that, I thought MPAA LOST their case and nothing further had developed in court, which would sacrifice a users right to backup what they own? While I'm here, the DVD player industry will take a hit, when a new copy protection scheme emerges, that can't even play the original -That happens already!!

Cheers

[handyguy]

If DD took more donations, they would have the funds to defend themselves & stay around for a while. Sony probably threatened to sue, which is their right to, doesn't mean they would have won tho.
Dunno why they went after DD & not shrink.

[shelbyGT]

Macrovision pulled the plug on DVD Decrypter. They didn't want their new Rip Guard protection being useless as soon as it hit the market. Expect future software titles that negate RipGuard to be attacked as well, imho.

[SoCalMK]

Billionaires fighting over pennies. This is what this whole thing boils down to. There is no higher principle that the industry can cite to justify their tactics over the years. Billionaires fighting over pennies, that's all this is.

[chas0039]

Easy answer. I will copy my original to tape. They if I want, I can copy the tape to DVD. Nowhere near as good as what we use now but no technology can defeat it as long as I can play it and I will have a watchable copy.

[DarrellS]

Skrew Sony and the Movie industry. I bought my DVD burner and DivX player to watch the movies I make on TV. I haven't been to the theater since they started charging 20 bucks to watch a two dollar movie and the only DVDs that I own are the Lord Of The Rings trilogy.
I have enough blank DVDs to last a year or two so I won't need to spend any more money supporting an industry that abuses the consumers that make them billionaires.

[hudsonf]

As soon as I find my Ouija Board I'll let you know.

[handyguy]

You can also just aim a camcorder at the screen & out put from the camera to dvd recorder in.

[fritzi93]

I agree with pbhalerao. I expect DVDDecrypter will be fine for 99% of the DVDs I buy during the next couple years. How long has it been since DVDShrink was updated? I only recall two of my DVDs it had trouble with, though I've now gotten into the habit of using DVDDecrypter first. (Quicker, less wear on the drive). JMO

[Denvers Dawgs]

I'm not worried to much about the wearing. I have an external dvd-rom, an HP300i, and the benq1620. Plus even if all of those wore out at the same time, DL burners ar under $50 now so it's not big deal. Considering when I bought my first burner, the Hp 300i it was $300 a few years back.

[dipstick]

handyguy wrote:

You can also just aim a camcorder at the screen & out put from the camera to dvd recorder in.

Hell......if you have a DV-Cam, you could capture directly to the HDD via firewire.

But seriously, no matter what they come up with, it will be defeated by the witty and willing. It's too dam easy to copy current dvds anyway, as any nut with stripped threads can do it. That's why the movie industry has to do something. in the old days, it was very dificult, so the movie industry didn't give it much thought.

[Poppa_Meth]

They're going to kill themselves going overboard with copy protections anyway. Even the most computer illiterate person will raise an eyebrow when they tell you that you have to hook your player into the internet just to watch a movie so their copy protections can verify your disc and cause your player to explode, spraying shrapnel at the family dog.

[thecoalman]

None I refuse to purchase discs, and I I rent very few. There's very little that interests me anymore in the movies or on TV. I prefer to entertain myself with videogames or getting the hell out of the house.

[soundforbjt]

There are loads, smartripper, dvd shrink etc.. (freewares)

Anydvd, DVD Region & CSS Free etc.. (paywares)

The next copy protection is likely to be Rip Guard.

SmartRipper hasn't been updated since 2001...DVDShrink will no longer be updated...so these will be useless when RipGuard is released.

Looks like we'll have to pay.

[alsyed]

i'm gonna make a particle duplicator. Ie, put new dvd in 1 chamber. push button.... waves of light happen... and in 2nd chamber, out pops a perfect duplication....

i'll spend the next 60 years working out how to make it.... only problem is, by the time i get to watch my dvd collection, my eye sight will be so bad...

who cares about the hollywood and copy protection companies sueing me...... i'll be the world's richest man.. cripes I'll own the movie companies... cripes i won't even need to worry about having backups of my collection....


shut up Syed already!

[waheed]

i'll spend the next 60 years working out how to make it....

By that time, who knows what new technology would be available. Even HD-DVD/Blue Ray would be outdated :P

[handyguy]

If they sold dvds for $2, they wouldn't need copy protection.

As a side note, I remember that no adult vhs I ran into was every copy protected. Why is this?

[thecoalman]

If they sold dvds for $2, they wouldn't need copy protection.

As a side note, I remember that no adult vhs I ran into was every copy protected. Why is this?

Probably because you have to license the protection. Smaller runs would proba ly require a greater fee per tape.

[somebodeez]

What will you use when the next form of Copy Protection is thrown upon us?

Whatever will do the job.

[dvdguy4]

Doesnt that new Rip Guard come out this summer? Could of swore I saw that in the forums awhile back.

[pbhalerao]

Doesnt that new Rip Guard come out this summer? Could of swore I saw that in the forums awhile back.

It may come out whenever it does but whether it can be implemented in the current hardware, that is the big question.