steven36 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 This week software maker SlySoft, known for its popular Blu-Ray software AnyDVD, shut down citing legal troubles. Sources from several well-known pirate groups inform TorrentFreak that the victory is a potential disaster that may delay future Blu-ray rips by months. After having fought pressure from Hollywood for over a decade, SlySoft threw in the towel earlier this week. The company shut down its main website at Slysoft.com and ceased to provide new updates to its popular Blu-Ray ripping tool AnyDVD. An announcement posted in the forums suggests that the decision is part of a deal. “We were not allowed to respond to any request nor to post any statement, but now it is official: SlySoft has been shut down after almost 13 years,” SlySoft’s Tom announced. “I am really sorry for that, but this is final. SlySoft is gone..,” he adds To most laypeople the news may be easily discarded as ‘just’ another company falling victim to Hollywood’s copyright enforcement. However, insiders warn that it may have a massive impact on millions of movie pirates. For many years AnyDVD (HD) has been the go-to tool to crack Blu-Ray encryption, pretty much without competition. In recent days TorrentFreak has spoken to several prominent release group insiders who fear that future Blu-Ray releases will take much longer to appear because their copy protection will be harder to circumvent. “This will delay things for new releases that have updated AACS protection or completely kill AACS decryption from SlySoft,” the operator of a popular P2P group informed TF. “Alternatives usually delay updates two to three months. If they don’t pick up the slack Hollywood have just won a huge victory, because future releases that have updated AACS protection will be delayed,” he adds. Another insider confirms the concerns, noting that SlySoft has often gone to great lengths to ensure that new copy protections are cracked as soon as possible. “Over the past decade SlySoft has been the main ripping tool for Scene groups, P2P groups and just about everyone,” our second source says. While it’s currently unclear what will happen during the weeks and months to come, a feeling of uncertainty appears to dominate among many pirate movie release and distribution groups. “The loss of SlySoft is being rapidly discussed among all movie pirate groups and there is no consensus yet for what is to come next, just concern,” our source says. As for the future, there are a few things that may happen. It’s possible for competitors such as DVDFab to pick up the slack and release their copy protection cracks in a timely fashion. However, the latter has already announced that it won’t break the copy protection of Ultra HD Blu-Ray discs, so there’s not much faith in this option. It’s also possible that AnyDVD will make a comeback in some shape or form. Or perhaps defiant members of the old team will re-brand it and continue their work from another jurisdiction. Alternatively, they could continue to offer their services in the background, without a public facing website. The third option is a more grim scenario for pirates, one in which copy protection becomes more effective, possibly delaying pirate Blu-Ray releases by weeks or months. This is the scenario AACS and Hollywood are hoping for. The Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pequi Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 "AACS 2.0 requires an Internet connection for Ultra HD Blu-ray discs to be played back" Well, that's something I won't be buying EVER. I'll wait for the Chinese "One film 2 dollars, three films 5 dollars" which you can buy in any place in Brazil, and are not homemade. They are mass produced at BIG plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 2 minutes ago, Pequi said: "AACS 2.0 requires an Internet connection for Ultra HD Blu-ray discs to be played back" Well, that's something I won't be buying EVER. I'll wait for the Chinese "One film 2 dollars, three films 5 dollars" which you can buy in any place in Brazil, and are not homemade. They are mass produced at BIG plants. We also have web-dl witch is almost as good as blu-ray and there are video converters that can remove DRM from itunes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbleck Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 21 minutes ago, steven36 said: We also have web-dl witch is almost as good as blu-ray and there are video converters that can remove DRM from itunes what does the iDoStuff product has to do with it here? why do u mention it? aren't u a Linux enthusiast now? or are u an "IOperateStuff in a user friendly manner" user these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 Just now, jbleck said: what does the iDoStuff product has to do with it here? why do u mention it? aren't u a Linux enthusiast now? or are u an "IOperateStuff in a friendly manner" user these days? No im not just a Linux enthusiast i have more pcs that dont have Linux than do . I just use Linux alot but i have windows 7 and windows 8.1 pcs as well ive not done anything drastic like switch all my machines over to Linux yet maybe in 2023 but not no time soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RejZoR Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 The usual Hollywood. Instead of providing easier and faster delivery of movie to end customers, they prefer fighting with windmills. If I had the chance to watch movies at home for the same price as in the cinema on the release day, I'd watch more movies and actually pay for them. I just don't like cinemas. The downside of not having people to go with there and I don't feel like going there alone. I also don't feel like buying BluRay's that I'd watch once or twice and then they'd be junk wasting my space. Also their price and release delay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CODYQX4 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 2 hours ago, RejZoR said: The usual Hollywood. Instead of providing easier and faster delivery of movie to end customers, they prefer fighting with windmills. If I had the chance to watch movies at home for the same price as in the cinema on the release day, I'd watch more movies and actually pay for them. I just don't like cinemas. The downside of not having people to go with there and I don't feel like going there alone. I also don't feel like buying BluRay's that I'd watch once or twice and then they'd be junk wasting my space. Also their price and release delay... ... or going there to be surrounded by other people, or paying a 10X markup for snacks, crying babies, cellphones, cramped seats. Yeah, screw that. This is the future and there's no reason you can't blast the video same-day in the highest quality my equipment will allow, even preload it for me if the video is too big so I can watch it at a scheduled time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pequi Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 16 hours ago, CODYQX4 said: paying a 10X markup for snacks, crying babies I thought they were the same thing. eV1L laughter. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwardecl Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 This will delay rippers for at least a couple of days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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