The best at what is what I wonder. None of the my DV cameras output in DiVX, or AVI, or mpeg for that matter. The content that I create comes in through Firewire as a .DV file. So my question is what is this software good for?

Oh, I get it, taking other peoples copywritten content and converting it. But wait, isn't that wrong? I don't know of ANY commerical DVD, that states you can copy and convert it to whatever format you wish. So to state this beats Apple's Compressor is absurd. One is for compressing content authored in Final Cut, and one seems to be for converting clips that you find on p2p, or various web sites.

For the record I downloaded this, looked it over, and trashed it since it offered me nothing. However, it has come to my attention that the developer see's fit to destroy personal data on users HD's. First by moving it to the /tmp directory then using Apple's Secure Delete feature to scramble the files. So nothing is recoverable.

There are many reasons for pirating software. Some times people do it for the thrill of it. Sometimes however, it's for legitimate reasons. Businesses have buying cycles. At times people have used pirated serials to use a piece of software waiting for accounting to authorize the purchase of the software. I've seen it time and time again at major studios. In a way it's too bad that the developer removed the home directory destruction feature, as there are plenty of lawyers in this town on retainer that would love to get ahold of them, should that have happened to one of the production machines.

And as far as what MactheRipper has stated, it was the web blog at Unsanity that exposed this little "trick." Hmm... Then Mactheripper goes on to state he is putting his reputation on the line.

However, Mactheripper also states "Unsanity APE is EVIL!!!!
You wouldn't happen to have some Unsanity APE hacks installed, would you? Those things are evil." So I'm sure he has absolutely no agenda in his postings.