what are warez?
 

I just wanna make sure I don't get warned...

Warez is copied programs and games.... like downloading a copy of Medal Of Honour instead of paying for it.

Anything you find during a software search in kazaa

Oh, ok. Thanks tinfoil!

Why are links to Warez not allowed on the board, but Backdoors to Porn Sites are?

Just something I'm wondering out of curiosity.

Because porn sites don't usually have 8000 lawyers just waiting to pounce and shut a site down...

now now, kazaa is used for plenty of non-copyrighted materials...

:o

Warez are anything stolen and traded electronicly.

a lot of people don't like the word 'stolen'. its called 'denial'.

anyhow, example: I had WC3, i wasn't going to go buy another copy. lotta $$. so i downloaded it. that's a ware.

trading programs, music, games... turns them into warez, ie: stolen goods.

we all try to have moral codes concerning it, also. including myself. for instance, i buy 2-3 games a month and pc games and i rarely get along. so i download the game; if it's remotely good i delete it and buy it. if it sucks then fuck it.

also like roms for games. systems that are obselete and never sell in stores except occasional $10 pieces of shit are more than justifiable. i think letting old games sit and die because no one can find or afford them is a crime against humanity.

i do not support most new game trading (altho i did get the last castlevania. i already at a copy of something elsei d/l)

warez > wares > software. It's illegal.

You can get into alot of trouble for downloading/trading warez. Game Production companies don't fuck around.

At the same time some of the younger guys at the place I work seem to trade stolen games like they were trading baseball cards. It's second nature to them.

Next debate. A guy I used to work with who introduced me to MIRC used to pronounce it WA - RAYS.

i hated that

i think he also looks at too much PRR-ZERO-EN as well.

LOL you're kidding right!! we used to make fun of these guys at school that said "Wah-Rays" too! I thought they were the only ones that said that. people just don't get it, sometimes!