Introduction
RipGuard technology was introduced in February 2005 by Rovi Corporation (a globally-operating, US-based company that provides guidance technology, entertainment data, copy protection, industry standard networking and media management technology for digital entertainment devices and services), designed to prevent or reduce the creation of illegal DVD copies for piracy by altering the format of the DVD content to disrupt the ripping software.

Impact
RipGuard dramatically reduces the ripping of copyrighted DVD content. According to Rovi Corporation, between 85 to 95 percent of all consumers lack the patience and the technical know-how to break through the extra layer of DVD content protection RipGuard provides, causing them to give up on making illegal DVD copies.

Passkey Solution

Passkey has the method to circumvent RipGuard protection. It can remove RipGuard for any DVD disc, so as to help users access and copy/clone/burn/rip/convert the DVD content successfully using other apps since Passkey can work with a barrel of software.