But, as reader Derek points out to us, it looks like it only took a week or so before former SlySoft employees resurfaced in Belize with a new offering called RedFox, using a somewhat similar logo. It looked like Hollywood had done what it normally does and scared an innovative company it didn’t like out of business. So it took some people by surprise when it announced it was shutting down due to regulatory changes earlier this year. The company was based in Antigua and had been around for years. However, whenever the issue would come up, most people would point to SlySoft’s AnyDVD product, which was a clunky, but functional bit of software for getting around DRM and ripping DVDs. Either way, it was much more difficult for people to rip DVDs. If anything, it seemed to be an artifact of history. It never made much sense that ripping CDs in the US is considered legal, while ripping DVDs is somehow horrible piracy.
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