So they basically stole it all - source code and everything, shut down the old Slysoft servers because the company is legally dead.įor a time, they hosted Slysoft data - at their expense. Now, RedFox is composed of the developers of the company - they discovered when SlySoft shut down, and the servers wiped, the source code servers and build machines were very much alive. USTR and AACS LA forced them to close and they folded. The company wiped all the front-end servers during the shut down, including customer databases. (Slysoft was either a company based in Antigua). The company founder was jailed and the company was forced to shut down.

I honestly don't buy into the whole 'oh, that OTHER company shut down, and we're an entirely different company, but oh we have their code and their forums and everything, so pay us again' BS. I paid for a lifetime license and now they don't honor it. Some even claim that it's faster than the free alternative, MakeMKV. Based on reports from several AnyDVD users, the UHD ripping works well for most people. This caused former parent company Slysoft to shut down last year, but the software later reappeared under new management. The involvement of AnyDVD is significant because it previously came under legal pressure from decryption licensing outfit AACS LA. 'New (UHD Blu-ray): Fetch AACS keys from external file for use with 'UHD-friendly' drives,' the release notes read. In its latest beta release, AnyDVD now supports the format, relying on the leaked keys. This week a popular name jumped onto the UHD Blu-Ray bandwagon. Technically speaking AACS 2.0 is not confirmed to be defeated yet, but many discs can now be ripped. First, full copies of UHD discs started to leak online, later followed by dozens of AACS 2.0 keys.

TorrentFreak reports: This year there have been some major developments on this front. Meanwhile, disc drive manufacturers are patching security holes. The software makes use of the leaked keys that came out recently and appears to work well. The controversial ripping tool AnyDVD has released a new beta version that allows users to decrypt and copy UHD Blu-Ray discs.

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