Is Spoon still developing/supporting this program?
Yes he is. He is, of course, pretty much the sole developer/programmer.

Where deos your hangup occur? Is it when you insert the disk and the system says its trying to connect to AccurateRip or will it proceed from there and not be able to connect to FreedB?

If your problem is the first, this may be an AccurateRip configuration problem and LtData's recommendation in post *42 is the best solution for that problem. Just turning off AccurateRip in dMC Configuration will not help.

If the problem is that it won't connect with FreedB itself, have you checked the instructions for configuring dMC from within dMC Audio CD Input as outlined in your Help file (Start>All Programs>dBpowerAMP Music Converter>Help> dBpowerAMP Music Converter Help, find section on Audio CD Input, find subsection on freedb settings and submissions).

Assuming you have tried this, can you post your current freedb settings?

Best wishes,
Bill