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NYTimes Looks at Warez

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the warez-my-pantz dept.

Flamerule writes "The New York Times has a new article up that relates the end result of the DrinkorDie copyright infringement case (the "ringleader" and 5 other guys are in prison), and talks about warez in general. They at least tried to get a story from both software companies and denizens of the warez scene. Pretty interesting stuff, even if you haven't been following the case closely."

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  1. End of an Era. by ShwAsasin · · Score: 0, Troll

    Seems like it's the end of an awesome era. Though the internet warez scene was nothing compared to the old BBS scene.

  2. really? by mike77 · · Score: 2, Troll
    What? A news page actually taking the time to get both sides of the story and write an intelligent informed article?

    Must be a sign of the coming apocalypse and end of the world!

    --

    --Keeping the flame wars alive, one post at a time

  3. Think about the future by Thinkit2 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Information will be "free" of couse--and all these discussions will be about as interesting as tips on avoiding sabre-tooth tigers.

  4. Re:Hi by Satai · · Score: 0, Troll

    Actually, the Linux Warez scene does exist. While browsing usenet groups I stumbled across one dedicated to Linux warez - they had things like Crossover, a linux port of the old game Raptor, Applixware, RtCW, etc...