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    Warez is a common computing and broader cultural term referring to pirated software (i.e. illegally copied, often after deactivation of anti-piracy measures)...
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    The Warez scene, often referred to as The Scene, is an underground network of piracy groups specialized in obtaining and illegally releasing digital media...
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    Variazh (redirect from Waręż)
    of independent Poland, Waręż was a part of the Polish Lwów Voivodeship (Sokal County) and – since 1934 – seat of the Gmina Waręż, a rural administrative...
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  • Warez groups are teams of individuals who have participated in the organized unauthorized publication of films, music, or other media, as well as those...
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    .nfo (category Warez)
    or "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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    Abandonware (redirect from Old warez)
    Look up -ware in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Abandonware is a product, typically software, ignored by its owner and manufacturer, which can no longer...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Echelon is a warez group which specializes in the illegal release and distribution of copyrighted console games, such as Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 ISO...
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  • uses 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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  • Twilight was a Dutch series of monthly warez CD-ROMs and DVDs. The series ran from early 1996 until June 16, 2001. In 2003, "B.G." (full name undisclosed)...
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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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  • Keygen (category Warez)
    generators 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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  • Myth was a warez group, focused on cracking and ripping PC games. Besides ripped games, the group also released trainers and cracked updates for games...
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    Leet (redirect from Warez text)
    such an announcement may be seen as baseless hubris.[more detail needed] Warez (nominally /wɛərz/) is a plural shortening of "software", typically referring...
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    scripts for their IRC client. Often users will group together to distribute warez via a network of IRC bots. Technically, IRC provides no file transfer mechanisms...
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  • The iSONEWS (category Warez)
    The iSONEWS was a warez news website originally created by orm who later deferred management of the website to krazy8 and mandarin. TheiSONews supplied...
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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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  • programming construct for defining an object template Class (warez), a defunct group in the warez scene C++ classes, C++ language construct for defining an...
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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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    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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    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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    corruption, etc.) Protecting dissidents from political reprisal File sharing (warez, personal files, pornography, confidential files, illegal or counterfeit...
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    Belz), Uhnów (Угнів, Uhniv), Krystynopol (Кристинопіль, Krystynopil), and Waręż (Варяж, Variazh). This territory now forms part of the Sheptytskyi Raion...
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  • The Humble Guys (category Warez groups)
    solely to creating artwork for the purpose of decorating NFO files for warez groups. To put things into perspective, there are now entire websites explicitly...
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  • Reloaded (stylised as RELOADED and RLD) is a warez group founded in June 2004 from the ex-members of DEViANCE. They released and cracked Spore 4 days...
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