Copyright infringement of software: Warez, Software cracking, Phrozen Crew, Standard, Inslaw, Copy protection, List of warez groups, Nuke, Pirated movie release types, Data East USA, Inc. v. Epyx, Inc., Topsite, Software protection dongle, Limbo of the Lo

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 59. Chapters: Warez, Software cracking, Phrozen Crew, Standard, Inslaw, Copy protection, List of warez groups, Nuke, Pirated movie release types, Data East USA, Inc. v. Epyx, Inc., Topsite, Software protection dongle, Limbo of the Lost, Power Player Super Joy III, Zero-day attack, Warez scene, R5, Workprint, Hew Raymond Griffiths, Don't Copy That Floppy, .nfo, The Scene, XDCC, Cam, Telecine, Telesync, Reality Check Network, BBS: The Documentary, Serving channel, Ebook scene, Screener, FILE ID.DIZ, The iSONEWS, Warez P2P, No-CD crack, GetDiz, High-Resolution High-Definition, Code morphing, Keygen, FXP board, Sega Smash Pack ROM Loader, Fixed exe, Mini Image, Pubstro, Secureqemu, Motiv8. Excerpt: Standards in the warez scene are defined by groups of people who have been involved in its activities for several years and have established connections to large groups. These people form a committee, which creates drafts for approval of the large groups. In organized warez distribution, all releases must follow these predefined standards to become accepted material. The standards committee usually cycles several drafts and finally decides which is best suited for the purpose, and then releases the draft for approval. Once the draft has been e-signed by several bigger groups, it becomes ratified and accepted as the current standard. There are separate standards for each category of releases. The first part of a standards document usually defines the format properties for the material, like codec, bitrate, resolution, filetype and filesize. Creators of the standard usually do comprehensive testing to find optimal codecs and settings for sound and video to maximize image quality in the selected file size. When choosing filesize, the limiting factor is the size of the media to be used (such as 700MB for CD-R). The standards are designed such that a certain amount of content will fit on each piece of media, with a specific quality. If more discs are required for sufficient quality, the standard will define the circumstances where it is acceptable to expand to a second or third disc. New codecs are usually tested annually to check if any offer any conclusive enhancement in quality or compression time. In general, quality is not sacrificed for speed, and the standards will usually opt for the highest quality possible, even if this takes much longer. For example, releases using the Xvid encoder must use the two-pass encoding method, which takes twice as long as a single pass, but achieves much higher quality; similarly, DVD-R releases that must be re-encoded often use 6 or 8 passes to get the best quality. When choosing the file format, platform compatibility is important.