KP333 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 The Antigua-based software company SlySoft has shut down its website and ceased sales of the popular Blu-ray ripping software AnyDVD. The action comes several days after a group of Hollywood studios and technology partners asked the U.S. Government to intervene. Earlier this month AACS LA, the decryption licensing outfit founded by a group of movie studios and technology partners including Warner Bros, Disney, Microsoft and Intel, reminded the U.S. Government about the unauthorized activities of SlySoft. SlySoft is known for selling various copyright protection circumvention tools including the popular AnyDVD software, of which it sold tens of thousands of copies over the years. In 2014 AACS-LA won a court case against the software manufacturer in Antigua, where a local court found SlySoft owner Giancarla Bettini guilty of six charges under the 2003 Copyright Act and ordered him to pay a fine of $5,000 per offense. Failure to pay would result in six months in jail for each offense. However, despite the win for AACS not much changed. SlySoft’s owner immediately filed an appeal which effectively put the convictions on hold. Meanwhile, AnyDVD remained widely available. This changed yesterday when the site suddenly went blank as the domain’s main nameservers were removed. Initially it was unclear what triggered the downtime, but a few hours ago SlySoft put up a brief statement confirming an early Myce report that legal problems are the cause. “Due to recent regulatory requirements we have had to cease all activities relating to SlySoft Inc. We wish to thank our loyal customers/clients for their patronage over the years,” the message of the site’s homepage reads. Slysoft.com down While there’s no confirmation on the exact reason for the sudden shutdown, it’s not unlikely that AACS-LA’s pressure to the United States Trade Representative had a significant impact. In its request the licensing company asks the Government to place Antigua on its copyright Priority Watch List, effectively escalating it into an “international incident”. “Circumvention through programs such as SlySoft’s AnyDVD HD is a source for widespread, large-scale and commercial copyright infringement by users located in the United States, as well as Antigua & Barbuda, and many other countries,” AACS wrote (pdf). “Such circumvention also harms the legitimate consumer electronics and information technology companies that build compliant content playback devices that ‘play by the rules’.” With or without an intervention from the U.S. Government, it’s clear that after more than a decade the legal pressure became too much for SlySoft and its owner. Whether the software will remain offline indefinitely or if it will perhaps reappear under a new label has yet to be seen. Source: Torrentfreak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exodius Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 So clone dvd & clone cd are shutdown too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garf02 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 No, CloneDVD and CloneBD is alive: https://www.elby.ch/en/download.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP333 Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 What's the betting Hollywood studios next on there list is gonna be DVDFab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WALLONN7 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 38 minutes ago, KP333 said: What's the betting Hollywood studios next on there list is gonna be DVDFab It will probably be ... But I doubt that Hollywood studios are able to achieve the same success ... Pressing a small country, susceptible to sanctions is one thing ... Here we have a one-way street.They no longer will deal with "British" islands in the Americas, but with an Asian giant called China, with which US have business relations, etc ... We have a two-way street in this case ... As they say: "we must be more diplomatic in this case. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc71520 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 1 hour ago, KP333 said: What's the betting Hollywood studios next on there list is gonna be DVDFab You bet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anydvd Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 i am really sad :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flash48 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Hollywood needs to change its business model or join Kodak. Kodak invented the digital camera but choose not to use it since its core business was making film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 12 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Slysoft-site is completely down ( gone?) in the Netherlands !! Very dissapointed and sad.............. Such a disaster for good software,what can we do ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olexijl Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Hi there, Actually I do own many US (region A/1) Blu-rays. Since I'm located in Germany (region B/2) it is nearly impossible for me to watch them without having AnyDVD installed on my PC. So I bought AnyDVD HD lifetime long ago and using PowerDVD with it now. Really sad about updates, which we - users, won't get anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olexijl Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Hmm... Just for admins: since the Slysoft links to the applications on our fp aren't working anymore because of the shutdown, please upload AnyDVD + Co latest version to some filehoster and change the links on fp. Or remove Slysoft applications from fp, your choice (though I prefer only link changing)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastershake Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 they already tried going after dvdfab didnt work. it might a second time around but dvdfab basically gave them a big f-u and just changed the version for the usa and the normal one is available in the rest of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 12 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 "So I bought AnyDVD HD lifetime long ago " thats a lot of lost money............... Any chance to get it back somehow ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olexijl Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 11 minutes ago, Pete 12 said: "So I bought AnyDVD HD lifetime long ago " thats a lot of lost money............... Any chance to get it back somehow ?? I'm really glad I bought that license long ago. It saved me big problems and I have all Slysoft applications on external drive. Also as a reminder: with genuine license those applications (incl. AnyDVD HD) are still working fine. Maybe on discs with future protections AnyDVD would not run properly, but right now I'm more than satisfied, after all it works. However I don't want to purchase anything after shutdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikeypr Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Still working and available in the UK. How about a VPN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 12 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 How about a working real key, for the latest version ! So, no other medicin needed....... Maybe the last version also ! Look here ,my friends; http://2baksa.net/news/104762/ or this;http://www.dl4all.ws/software/2176074-slysoft-anydvd-anydvd-hd-v7690-final.html ( no pass) Have fun,you dont have to thank me......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giver888 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Useless without onlinedatabase. It's a shame.... RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc71520 Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 AnyDVD alternatives (by ghacks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giver888 Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Use the HD key posted by Pete 12! --- If you want have access to slysoft data base for bluray disc's (servers online for a undefined time)follow this steps-> from slysoft developer (I use it in win7 and it works): According to the same developer the OPD servers are currently still up. They can be taken offline without any warning but also might stay online for a while. Because the DNS entries are removed AnyDVD currently can’t reach them, but this can be solved by modifying your ‘hosts file’. This can be done by starting Notepad as administrator. To do so, right-click the Notepad icon and select ‘Run as Administrator’. When Notepad has started open the ‘hosts file’ by navigating to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc. (if there is no hosts entry create one with notepad: after that you will have a hosts.txt file. Delete .txt and save) Then add to that file the following line: [IP address of the key server] key.slysoft.com---> Ip is 188.165.210.62. If this will not work add following lines to hosts file and save---> 144.76.238.143 h5.slysoft.com 95.211.9.142 lw.slysoft.com 188.165.210.62 ovh3.slysoft.com DVDs: All DVDs should continue work. OPD is only used to speed up things, it is optional. HD-DVDs: All work. Blu-Ray AACS: AnyDVD contains data for roughly 130000 discs, these will continue to work. Discs not included in AnyDVD will need the OPD. OPD results will be cached locally, if you copy the cache, you can move it to another PC. Blu-Ray BD+, 20th Century Fox: Recent discs (1-2 years?) need OPD. Older titles work. OPD results will be cached locally, if you copy the cache, you can move it to another PC. Blu-Ray Java protection (mostly Lionsgate): Recent discs (1 year?) need OPD. Older titles work. OPD results are not cached. Blu-ray cinavia: Will continue to work with current players & software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olexijl Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Hmm... As for the HD key I found one unlimited working. Posting now together with executable. Site: https://mega.nz Sharecode[?]: /#!aY10VZyC!mLwEMnMYHhHCPkbJcwHDzGR8AXe4CLJK_OYJ6rTV7GI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olexijl Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 21 hours ago, giver888 said: Use the HD key posted by Pete 12! --- If you want have access to slysoft data base for bluray disc's (servers online for a undefined time)follow this steps-> from slysoft developer (I use it in win7 and it works): According to the same developer the OPD servers are currently still up. They can be taken offline without any warning but also might stay online for a while. Because the DNS entries are removed AnyDVD currently can’t reach them, but this can be solved by modifying your ‘hosts file’. This can be done by starting Notepad as administrator. To do so, right-click the Notepad icon and select ‘Run as Administrator’. When Notepad has started open the ‘hosts file’ by navigating to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc. (if there is no hosts entry create one with notepad: after that you will have a hosts.txt file. Delete .txt and save) Then add to that file the following line: [IP address of the key server] key.slysoft.com---> Ip is 188.165.210.62. If this will not work add following lines to hosts file and save---> 144.76.238.143 h5.slysoft.com 95.211.9.142 lw.slysoft.com 188.165.210.62 ovh3.slysoft.com DVDs: All DVDs should continue work. OPD is only used to speed up things, it is optional. HD-DVDs: All work. Blu-Ray AACS: AnyDVD contains data for roughly 130000 discs, these will continue to work. Discs not included in AnyDVD will need the OPD. OPD results will be cached locally, if you copy the cache, you can move it to another PC. Blu-Ray BD+, 20th Century Fox: Recent discs (1-2 years?) need OPD. Older titles work. OPD results will be cached locally, if you copy the cache, you can move it to another PC. Blu-Ray Java protection (mostly Lionsgate): Recent discs (1 year?) need OPD. Older titles work. OPD results are not cached. Blu-ray cinavia: Will continue to work with current players & software. OK guys. According to this post you have to modify hosts to access the database. Easily done with my patcher. Site: https://mega.nz Sharecode[?]: /#!DJV0wIaQ!yVvIOekecQxDuWecrNN8By0tL2cjx8rwnoFrete9fek Besides: giver888, I wanna know the source of this info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giver888 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 @Olexijl: Site: http://www.myce.com Sharecode[?]: /news/slysoft-developer-anydvd-will-continue-to-work-78688/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olexijl Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 OK. Fixed the patcher. Updated to v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbada Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 we need a mirror page at nsanedown for the slysoft apps, they are still around filehippo and other software hosting sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbada Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 12 hours ago, Olexijl said: OK. Fixed the patcher. Updated to v2 whats the link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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