Everything about Warez
Movies, software or music distributed in violation of copyright
Warez is a common computing and broader cultural term referring to pirated software that is distributed via the Internet. Warez is used most commonly as a noun, a plural form of ware, and is intended to be pronounced like the word wares. The circumvention of copy protection (cracking) is an essential step in generating warez, and based on this common mechanism, the software-focused definition has been extended to include other copyright-protected materials, including movies and games. The global array of warez groups has been referred to as "The Scene", deriving from its earlier description as "the warez scene". Distribution and trade of copyrighted works without payment of fees or royalties generally violates national and international copyright laws and agreements. The term warez covers supported as well as unsupported (abandonware) items, and legal prohibitions governing creation and distribution of warez cover both profit-driven and "enthusiast" generators and distributors of such items. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: WarezA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: The seventh senseThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Overcoming the Warez Paradox: Online Piracy Groups and Situational Crime PreventionCited 16 times
- Go sideways: DownloadA closely related topic
- Go sideways: TopsiteA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun Software that is illegally obtained or distributed.
Verb To obtain a copy of (software or other works of authorship) illegally.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Overcoming the Warez Paradox: Online Piracy Groups and Situational Crime Prevention
The Challenges of Regulating Warez Trading
Police Operations 3.0: On the Impact and Policy Implications of Police Operations on the Warez Scene
Telephone networks, BBSes, and the emergence of the transnational ‘warez scene’
Explaining the rise and fall of the Warez MP3 scene: An empirical account from the inside
“Warez” the Copyright Violation? Digital Copyright Infringement: Legal Loopholes and Decentralization
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📚 Books worth reading
The seventh senseJoshua Cooper Ramo · 2016
Crimes of the InternetFrank Schmalleger · 2008
WarezMartin Paul Eve · 2021- 📕Warez the Scene. Software Piracy ExposedHeinz Duthel · 2010
- 📕Warez the Scene. Software Piracy ExposedHeinz Duthel · 2010
Understanding online piracyNathan W. Fisk · 2009
The World Wide Web and contemporary cultural theoryAndrew Herman, Thomas Swiss · 2000
Se curiser un re seau LinuxBernard Boutherin · 2006
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