Author Topic: AN end to ripping? (Read 4252 times)

W1nTry · « **on:** February 17, 2005, 08:21:13 AM »

Hmm this could really spoil alot of pplz day i'm sure.

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DVD copy blocker invented

Works 97 percent of the time... gosh!

By Nick Farrell: Wednesday 16 February 2005, 08:10
A SILICON VALLEY software outfit has invented a new technology that it claims blocks 97 per cent of DVD copying software.

Macrovision says its RipGuard system does not interfere with the DVD’s playback or picture quality.

According to the China View, the company claims that the product could reduce DVD ripping from a PC. Although software used to rip discs is illegal in the United States, it has been around for more than five years.

We would have thought that for RipGuard to be effective it would have to work 100 per cent of the time. All the pirates need to do is rip the DVD once, then it can be copied.

There goes the local dvd club.

Carigamers · « **on:** February 17, 2005, 08:21:13 AM »

Jarrox · « **Reply #1 on:** February 17, 2005, 09:19:13 AM »

the sh!t has hit the fan

Rampage · « **Reply #2 on:** February 17, 2005, 09:43:09 AM »

i wonder when movies gonna be using the technology. hope they dont for a while

Hitman_Jim · « **Reply #3 on:** February 17, 2005, 11:53:22 AM »

they'll find a way to crack it

its just a matter of time

TaC_uP · « **Reply #4 on:** February 17, 2005, 12:02:52 PM »

WoW *TaC_uP sees real ppl goin out of business

Carigamers · « **Reply #4 on:** February 17, 2005, 12:02:52 PM »

d_apprentice · « **Reply #5 on:** February 17, 2005, 12:14:26 PM »

man can make it
man can break it

the examples are all around with all the software we use. new copy protection. new program to get around the copy protection.

W1nTry · « **Reply #6 on:** February 17, 2005, 04:22:55 PM »

I agree with the make and break idea, however wait till they start making hardware and software that prevents ripping. Its already in the works. Imagine trying to rip a dvd and ur dvd drive tells u no. Its all in the hardwiring as well as software. Either way I think we safe for the time being.

Garret · « **Reply #7 on:** February 17, 2005, 10:13:49 PM »

then there will be firmware cracks. this will blow over like watermarks did for cd's.

JïhåÐ Wã®lØrd · « **Reply #8 on:** February 17, 2005, 11:26:46 PM »

yea i kinda rememba wen dey said dey wud do this to cds,and does that realy help?and if this crap works wat ami gonna do with by dvd burner ?back up my drive?

Czar · « **Reply #9 on:** February 18, 2005, 09:19:50 AM »

As d_apprentice rightfully pointed out...it was made by man...and it will be cracked by man...

Either that or everyone will move to the 3% of copying software that isn't blocked by this new protection

W1nTry · « **Reply #10 on:** February 18, 2005, 11:09:40 AM »

OPEN SOURCE!!! make everything free!!!!!

camrE · « **Reply #11 on:** February 18, 2005, 11:32:04 AM »

Umm… Why is this still news, I will tell you why.
Because the companies will do everything they can to stop piracy
and we will do everything we can to show them their attempts are futile.
Nothing is counterfeit proof, nothing is unhackable. The same way it was locked, is the same way it will be unlocked.
why do these silly people think "hmmm I will think of a way that no one else will think of."
quite simply, silly.

W1nTry · « **Reply #12 on:** February 18, 2005, 12:28:52 PM »

Camre lives under a rock (no offense). The truth is that we need not worry anytime in the near future. IE we who are not in the US. Just now the US will be like China, no rights, no voice, do as u are told and like it. If u don't u get charged, molested in prison and live the rest of ur life in rehab. LOL. U may think it an impossibility but there are means and ways to lock u out. Just use propriety hardware and software that carry tremendously heavier legal fines and make sure to pay ur engineers well so they doh show the world the exploits.

thrillseeker · « **Reply #13 on:** February 18, 2005, 11:39:09 PM »

whey well i not a citizen here just resident (green card) so i could go and come as i please....i am a TRINIDADIAN.......4 LIFE...

but seriously i doubt they'll even make that stuff...cause then DVD's get more expensive...lost of sales..(well even more than now)

Rampage · « **Reply #14 on:** February 19, 2005, 05:35:42 AM »

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OPEN SOURCE!!! make everything free!!!!!

MAKE EVERYBODY POOR TOO!! ?

W1nTry · « **Reply #15 on:** February 21, 2005, 01:22:13 PM »

Well put it this way, if all software was open source ppl would have found another way to make money right? take for instance Unix is open source but not many ppl use it cause its not as friendly. THus ppl pay other ppl for services. Make the software free but charge ppl for optimizations, online support, proprietry hardware support, basically things that we pay for already. It would also loosen the strangle hold any software vendor has on the market as ur sales would hinge on ur support. Its just a thought. Oh and maybe not games... it'd be unfair to NOT pay for games, however a few more free games couldn't hurt.

Greatis · « **Reply #16 on:** February 26, 2005, 04:41:46 AM »

This is not going to last anytime before it is crack that's the way of the underground. Nothing stays untouchable. after all we have brilliant people on the outside if not better.

unimatrix001 · « **Reply #17 on:** March 02, 2005, 06:23:07 PM »

anyting man cud make, man cud break...

Carigamers · « **Reply #17 on:** March 02, 2005, 06:23:07 PM »

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