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The Warez scene, often referred to as The Scene, [1] is an underground network of piracy groups specialized in obtaining and illegally releasing digital media before their official release date. [2] The Scene distributes all forms of digital media, including computer games , movies , TV shows , music , and pornography . [ 3 ]
Leaks of releases from warez groups operating within the "scene" still constitute a large amount of warez shared globally. Between 2003 and 2009 there were 3,164 active groups within the warez scene, with the majority of these groups being active for no more than two months and with only a small fraction being active for many years. [1]
Scene nukes usually occur when a release violates scene rules, such as wrong encoder, or when the release is outright bad, such as out of sync. The nuke multiplier for scene nuke on topsites is usually 1x; all the couriers lose all credits gained uploading the release and break even. [11] [12]
An early scene release came in 2004 when the group ARA released Metallica's fifth performance in Gothenburg as FLAC files. [77] [78] These lossless files can be bought on LiveMetallica.com, a service that allows fans to buy and download files of soundboard recordings. [79]
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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 Scene. There are different types of these groups in the Scene: release groups and courier groups. Groups often compete, as being the first to bring out a new quality release can bring status and ...
These dupe check scripts or programs allows users to search warez releases by date or name. It allows couriers to check when a release already exists on a site and the release groups avoid duplicating an earlier release of another group. [7] At the end of the 1990s, the various IRC dupe checks were the simplest to use.
In October 1999, DeCSS was released. This program enables anyone to remove the CSS encryption on a DVD. Although its authors only intended the software to be used for playback purposes, [2] it also meant that one could decode the content perfectly for ripping; combined with the DivX 3.11 Alpha codec released shortly after, the new codec increased video quality from near VHS to almost DVD ...