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    The Warez scene, often referred to as The Scene, is a worldwide, underground, organized network of pirate groups specializing in obtaining and illegally...
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  • so-called warez scene, though as of 2019 a large amount of software and game warez is now distributed first via the web. Leaks of releases from warez groups...
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    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...
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  • A warez group is a tightly organised group of people involved in creating and/or distributing warez such as movies, music or software ("warez") in The...
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  • In the warez scene, to nuke is to label content as "bad", for reasons which might include unusable software, bad audiovisual quality, virus-infected content...
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  • Topsite (redirect from Topsite (warez))
    Topsite is a term used by the warez scene to refer to underground, highly secretive, high-speed FTP servers used by release groups and couriers for distribution...
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  • Standards in the warez scene are defined by groups of people who have been involved in its activities for several years and have established connections...
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  • films and the warez scene The Scene, WGPR-TV Detroit dance show, October 1975 to December 1987, replaced by The New Dance Show The Scene (play), a black...
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  • CLASS (CLS) was a notorious and prolific warez group that existed between January 1, 1997, and January 9, 2004. The group was the target of federal raids...
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  • theme song is "Catch Me" by Maylynne. The Scene continued for a second season. Instead of focusing on warez culture, the second season took a look at...
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  • file called testapp.exe. List of warez groups Standard (warez) Warez scene MYTH (9 October 2005). "Farewell-MYTH". SceneNotice. "JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES...
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    .nfo (category Warez)
    "information") is a filename extension for text files that accompany warez scene releases of pirated software or media. NFO files contain information...
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    standard in the terminal protocols. Over the years, warez groups began to enter the ASCII art scene. Warez groups usually release .nfo files with their software...
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    PARADOX (PDX) is a warez–demogroup; an anonymous group of software engineers that devise ways to defeat software and video game licensing protections...
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  • existing game installers or pirated game files like releases from the warez scene and repacks them to a significantly smaller download size. The repacked...
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    Razor 1911 (category Warez groups)
    Razor 1911 (RZR) is a warez and demogroup founded in Norway, 1985. It was the first ever such group to be initially founded exclusively as a demogroup...
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  • Rabid Neurosis (category Warez groups)
    Rabid Neurosis (RNS) was an MP3 warez release organization which was founded in 1996, following in the footsteps of Compress 'Da Audio (CDA), the first...
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  • BBSes was via a courier system. Both the warez scene and the artscene utilized this system, and in many cases warez couriers could be found distributing monthly...
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  • The Humble Guys (category Warez groups)
    redefined the manner in which the PC warez scene worked when they entered the scene in 1989. Prior to THG, warez releases were haphazard, with multiple...
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  • Superior Art Creations (category Warez groups)
    artscene group which caters primarily to and is well known within the warez scene. SAC members have made, besides ANSI and ASCII art, VGA bitmap graphics...
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  • Kalisto is a console warez group established in March 1998, a subsidiary of Fairlight, which specializes in the release and distribution of PlayStation...
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  • Pirated movie release types (category Warez)
    evolved from version 4 to 10.6 during this time, it is banned in the warez scene due to its commercial nature. In February 2012, a consortium of popular...
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  • discs. These trading circles became colloquially known as the Warez scene, with the term "warez" being an informal bastardization of "software". In the 1980s...
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    Fairlight (group) (category Warez groups)
    FairLight (FLT) is a warez and demo group initially involved in the Commodore demoscene, and in cracking to illegally release games for free, since 1987...
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  • programming construct for defining an object template Class (warez), a defunct group in the warez scene C++ classes, C++ language construct for defining an object...
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  • Keygen (category Warez)
    are typically programmed and distributed by software crackers in the warez scene. These keygens often play music (taking from the tradition of cracktros)...
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  • utilizing the Web Archive. The program became popular thanks to the warez scene. The first warez group to bring WinPlay3 to attention of a wider audience was...
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  • fact that during the 1990s, Avildsen was active in the software piracy warez scene. He went by the nickname The Krazy Little Punk and from 1995 lead the...
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  • targets The Pirate Bay – Website providing torrent files and magnet links Warez scene – Organized network of pirate groups Gülen, Kerem (2024-08-27). "Yes...
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  • DrinkOrDie (category Warez groups)
    (DoD) was one of the most prestigious underground software piracy group and warez trading network during the 1990s. On 11 December 2001 a major law enforcement...
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