warez?

[rici1]

Ok, sorry for my ignorance but what is warez? I hear people comment on it.
Cheers

[Strawbs]

Illegal/bootlegged copies of software and the like.

now let us never speak of it again.

[bushmaster]

Pirated software.

[user0209]

omg, go wash your mouth with soap

[rici1]

woops sorry! were does the term warez come from tho? Does it stand for somthing?
BTW I hate pirated software just so you know!

[Strawbs]

Software(z), Freeware(z), Shareware(Z).

not that I would know!!!

[bushmaster]

wash n warez, warez off the rack, warez on my last nerve, some warez over the rainbow, oh warez oh warez can my little dog be,

[muchmark]

Originally posted by rici1
BTW I hate pirated software just so you know!

What has pirated software ever done to you?

[danee]

Originally posted by rici1
Ok, sorry for my ignorance but what is warez? I hear people comment on it.
Cheers

Warez, Crackz, Serialz, etc..
A term losely applied to software and information which breaches the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA)
Extending on this, it would go on to include:
Illegal Copies of software.
Illegal cracking of software
Illegal software used for copying, cracking, hacking or phreaking.
Information and technology used (such as a serial number) to install a piece of illegal software.

Heres my small note...
quite often now, if one was to search for "warez" on a search engine, the only thing readily returned are links to porn sites.
Occassionaly these sites even refer to porn as being "warez"...
in which case i suppose anything illegal on the web is almost classified under these names.