RedFox

RedFox
FormerlySlysoft
Founded2016; 8 years ago (2016)
Defunct5 June 2024 Edit this on Wikidata
Websitehttps://www.redfox.bz/

RedFox (formerly SlySoft) is a software development company based in Belize. The company is most prominently known for its software AnyDVD, which can be used to bypass copy protection measures on optical media, including DVD and Blu-ray Disc media, as well as CloneCD, which is used to back up the contents of optical discs.

The company formerly operated as the St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda-based SlySoft. At some point in February 2016, SlySoft shut down, with its home page replaced by a message citing "recent regulatory requirements".[1] On or around 16 February 2016, AACS LA had requested that the Office of the United States Trade Representative place Antigua and Barbuda on its Priority Watch List of countries that fail to prevent intellectual property violations, with specific reference to SlySoft.[2] However, the company's online forum remained online, and had replaced the brand SlySoft with "RedFox". SlySoft developers also revealed that none of the company's staff was actually based in Antigua, that the company was not involved in legal settlements from AACS LA, and that key staff members still had access to SlySoft's technical infrastructure—including build systems and licensing servers—feasibly allowing development of AnyDVD to continue.[3]

On 2 March 2016, SlySoft reformed as RedFox, under a top-level domain based in Belize, and released a new version of AnyDVD.[4]

As of 5 June 2024, the website and software are unavailable again.[5]

  1. ^ "DRM defeaters defeated? SlySoft ceases operations". Ars Technica. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  2. ^ Murdoch, Kieron (16 February 2016). "US licensing authority requests A&B be placed on watch list". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  3. ^ "AnyDVD Admins & Developers Mull Comeback". TorrentFreak. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  4. ^ "AnyDVD is Back But Don't Call Us Pirates, Developer Says". TorrentFreak. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  5. ^ https://www.reddit.com/r/AnyStream/comments/1d8jo76/redfox_servers_offline/?sort=new