Posted by Doctore Bukkake on 05/05/07 12:55

kim wrote:
> "Covenant" <covenantWITHNOSPAMPLEASE@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:GoL_h.848$1J.236@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> "Colin Wilson" <REMOVEEVERYTHINGBUTnewsgroup@phoenixbbsZEROSPAM.co.uk>
>> wrote in message news:MPG.20a4856e7a311aa198a05d@news.individual.net...
>>>> RipIt4Me has been outlawed too. Development ceased on 1st April.
>>>> MacroVision
>>>> (we think) then turned its attention to FixVTS to prevent anyone using
>>>> it
>>>> independently. The developer is the subject of a gagging order and is
>>>> unable
>>>> to comment on what happened. Full story here:- http://tinyurl.com/2n3n9w
>>> Interesting - I hadn't heard about that...
>>>
>>> For the record then, if anyone needs a copy of RipIt4Me (with built in
>>> FixVTS) or Menushrink... :-p
>>
>> Those sound very interesting.. I wonder what they are... or do...
>
> Well according to posters at VideoHelp.com they're for making "backup
> copies" in case the house burns down and the original DVD is destroyed or
> eaten by the dog. Incredibly, no one at VideoHelp.com uses them to churn out
> free copies for all their mates to enjoy. They even go so far as to destroy
> the "backup copy" if the original is sold or otherwise disposed of. And god
> forbid that anyone should use them for uploading to the internet as that
> would be an instant banning offence. Of course they could just download a
> copy and save themselves a lot of work. I did that once with Leon and was
> issued with a formal warning even though I own the full price original.
>
> (kim)
>
>
you should leave the fucking UK and move to holland then. Here is is
allowed by LAW to download music and dvd's! Even the ones you don't own!

Holland Rulez!

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