To have a free DVD ripping software is to have the software at no cost and nothing to lose in getting the program. This software can often be used to steal the old tapes of the old Titan Sports wrestling that were in existence before the World Wrestling Federation officially changed its corporate name from Titan Sports to World Wrestling Federation. The free software is simple to use for the old tapes for the pre-WWE fights because the WWE had certainly a difficult time in policing all these ripping activities. This free ripping software may be something that a rich producer for television like Seth McFarlane may be okay with given that he already has made so much money and does not really see the importance of DVD sales of a popular show such as the Family Guy. This may be a wrong hypothesis but what may be true is the damage that any free software for ripping copyrighted materials can do to the rightful owner's bank account.
The sales in DVD may just compel McFarlane to have to pay more in taxes so he must be really happy about the DVD ripping software. When you make an income of over twenty five million dollars annually, the revenue from DVD sales may be the last thing to be concerned about so the free DVD ripping software may just be ignored as well. Mr. McFarlane maybe puts his focus more on his charitable institutions and causes more than how much he has lost due to DVD piracy. At least, McFarlane's taxes won't go up due to the DVD sales that he makes, thanks to the free ripping software for his shows.
McFarlane has less to be concerned about due to the free DVD ripping software. People in Viacom though have a different idea. They are very much affected by the free software because a lot of the intellectual property that they own may be copied just by having this software. This is despite the fact that their Chief Executive Officer Summer Redstone is already a billionaire. There are also struggling actors who are in also in the danger of not being paid for the work that they do, therefore, they too are also very anti-free ripping software. It is their talent fee and their retirement that is being messed up by stealing a footage or a scene from their TV