Petteri Pyyny
18 Jul 2003 15:17
Development of one of the most popular freeware DVD backup tools, DVDFab, that allows backing up DVD-9 discs to two blank DVD-Rs, has been stopped.
The creator of the software, Joerg Plenert, announced that he wont take any chances with the new German copyright law, that's based on the EUCD requirements. Even though the software doesn't crack the CSS copy protection found on DVD-Video discs, it however allows circumventing Macromedia's copy protection mechanism, region locks and UOPs (User Operation Prohibition) found on discs. And as by strict implementation, these actions are against the new law as well, he decided to drop the development of the software.
Software will be available through his website for limited period of time and by end of this month, the website will be closed.
More information:
DVDFab.de
Allesfertig.de