<s>
A	O
warez	B-Application
group	I-Application
is	O
a	O
tightly	O
organised	O
group	O
of	O
people	O
involved	O
in	O
creating	O
and/or	O
distributing	O
warez	B-Application
such	O
as	O
movies	O
,	O
music	O
or	O
software	O
(	O
"	O
warez	B-Application
"	O
)	O
in	O
The	B-Application
Scene	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
these	O
groups	O
in	O
the	B-Application
Scene	I-Application
:	O
release	O
groups	O
and	O
courier	O
groups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
warez	B-Application
groups	I-Application
care	O
about	O
the	O
image	O
others	O
have	O
of	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ANALOG	O
Computing	O
observed	O
in	O
1984	O
that	O
software	O
piracy	O
did	O
not	O
make	O
sense	O
economically	O
to	O
those	O
performing	O
the	O
software	B-Application
cracking	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
motivation	O
of	O
warez	B-Application
groups	I-Application
is	O
not	O
monetary	O
gain	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
excitement	O
of	O
breaking	O
rules	O
and	O
beating	O
competitors	O
,	O
although	O
at	O
least	O
two	O
Scene	O
groups	O
have	O
been	O
asking	O
for	O
bitcoin	B-Protocol
donations	O
,	O
PoWeRUp	O
and	O
spamTV	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Individual	O
members	O
of	O
these	O
groups	O
are	O
usually	O
also	O
the	O
authors	O
of	O
cracks	B-Application
and	O
keygens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
warez	B-Application
groups	I-Application
publishing	O
new	O
content	O
outside	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Scene	I-Application
,	O
often	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
P2P	O
groups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
a	O
lot	O
more	O
accessible	O
for	O
people	O
with	O
access	O
to	O
new	O
movies	O
and	O
are	O
not	O
limited	O
to	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
rules	B-Application
and	I-Application
regulations	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FBI	O
have	O
been	O
combating	O
warez	B-Application
groups	I-Application
with	O
Operation	O
:	O
Cyberstrike	O
,	O
Operation	B-Application
Buccaneer	I-Application
,	O
Operation	O
Fastlink	O
,	O
Operation	B-Application
Safehaven	I-Application
and	O
Operation	B-Application
Site	I-Application
Down	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
game	O
and	O
software	O
groups	O
include	O
Razor	O
1911	O
,	O
Reloaded	B-Application
,	O
DrinkOrDie	B-Application
,	O
Pirates	B-Application
With	I-Application
Attitude	I-Application
,	O
Class	O
,	O
Myth	B-Application
and	O
Fairlight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
a	O
larger	O
list	O
,	O
see	O
the	O
list	B-Architecture
of	I-Architecture
warez	I-Architecture
groups	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Release	O
groups	O
are	O
responsible	O
for	O
making	O
warez	B-Application
releases	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
at	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
warez	B-Application
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
announcement	O
of	O
the	O
release	O
shows	O
up	O
in	O
pre	O
databases	O
after	O
making	O
the	O
release	O
available	O
on	O
their	O
affiliate	O
sites	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Access	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
software	O
products	O
is	O
necessary	O
to	O
write	O
cracks	B-Application
and	O
keygens	O
so	O
they	O
share	O
original	O
media	O
among	O
each	O
other	O
,	O
usually	O
using	O
private	O
sites	B-Application
and	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Communication	O
between	O
members	O
happens	O
with	O
IRC	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Warez	B-Application
groups	I-Application
typically	O
add	O
NFO	B-Protocol
files	I-Protocol
with	O
their	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
nature	O
of	O
the	B-Application
scene	I-Application
,	O
not	O
much	O
is	O
known	O
about	O
these	O
groups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
groups	O
follow	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
different	O
warez	B-Application
standards	I-Application
to	O
prevent	O
being	O
nuked	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
groups	O
have	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
group	O
leaders	O
,	O
aided	O
by	O
people	O
with	O
assignments	O
such	O
as	O
supplier	O
,	O
cracker	B-Application
or	O
ripper	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
can	O
be	O
done	O
using	O
FXP	B-Protocol
to	O
FTP	B-Protocol
sites	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
more	O
couriers	O
in	O
the	B-Application
scene	I-Application
than	O
there	O
are	O
crackers	B-Application
,	O
suppliers	O
and	O
sites	B-Application
combined	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Couriers	O
are	O
a	O
specific	O
class	O
of	O
topsite	B-Application
users	O
who	O
earn	O
their	O
access	O
by	O
uploading	O
new	O
releases	O
and	O
filling	O
requests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
courier	O
gains	O
access	O
to	O
a	O
topsite	B-Application
,	O
they	O
are	O
often	O
required	O
to	O
pass	O
a	O
trial	O
test	O
such	O
as	O
uploading	O
a	O
certain	O
amount	O
in	O
a	O
short	O
period	O
of	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Couriers	O
compete	O
(	O
race	O
)	O
against	O
each	O
other	O
for	O
respect	O
,	O
credits	O
,	O
access	O
to	O
other	O
topsites	B-Application
,	O
and	O
fun	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
it	O
may	O
be	O
noted	O
that	O
Couriers/Racers	O
are	O
looked	O
down	O
upon	O
more	O
than	O
ever	O
by	O
affiliates	O
and	O
topsite	B-Application
staff	O
with	O
the	O
increase	O
of	O
scripts	O
that	O
perform	O
the	O
couriers	O
tasks	O
automatically	O
.	O
</s>
