More because at 15-20 bucks a go, I don't think they are good value versus buying a season of 'whatever' for 20-30 bucks which is 10x as long in content. I don't buy movies much anymore - not because I am stealing them or torrenting them. I'd like to know the percentages of people in the world who watch movies on a theater-sized screen, and those who watch on a smartphone. Like others, I just want a digital file, smaller than 4.7 Gb, to put on a drive or server. Who cares about video resolution these days? Just give us the right to rip our Blu-Rays at 720-1080p, so we can let the kids watch on vacation, etc.
If the download came from a ripped Blu-Ray, so what? It's being watched on a normal-size television with normal television audio (or a head-rest mounted LCD screen). I don't see it as breaking the law, because I paid for the movie already. I admit, I have given up ripping in favor of downloading stuff I already own, for the simple reason, it's more convenient to DL a good quality file that someone encoded the right way, whereas I would spend hours trying to get it right. I do have a Blu-Ray player, but use mostly for Netflix, and watching stuff already in my collection (regular DVD). The last ripping program I used was DVDFab, before that DVD Shrink. There are still some options for breaking encryption on regular 1080p Blu-ray and DVD's, including DVDFab, DVDFab Passkey and MakeMKV, but the AACS LA, the MPAA and the studios have succeeded in cutting down one of the best programs for decryption.
But this does mean that one of the most experienced group of programmers will not be part of the effort to break the new encryption on the Ultra HD Blu-ray discs coming out in March. With streaming becoming ever more popular, ripping one's own discs has fallen by the wayside, and I doubt it was worth the effort to stay in business under increasing pressure by the studios. And there is an official statement on the Slysoft forum, which is still operating for the time being.
Over the last couple of days, no one could access the site, and it now appears that pressure from the AACS LA and possibly the government in Antigua have closed Slysoft for good.
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