LEADER 02894nam 2200397z- 450 001 9910513702703321 005 20211216 035 $a(CKB)5590000000637190 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/74978 035 $a(oapen)doab74978 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000637190 100 $a20202112d2021 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aWarez$eThe Infrastructure and Aesthetics of Piracy 210 $aBrooklyn, NY$cpunctum books$d2021 215 $a1 online resource (444 p.) 311 08$a1-68571-036-0 327 $tOriginal pirate material --$tSetting the scene --$tInfrastructures of the scene --$tOrganization --$tAesthetics --$tTakedowns --$gConclusions. 330 $aWhen most people think of piracy, they think of Bittorrent and The Pirate Bay. These public manifestations of piracy, though, conceal an elite worldwide, underground, organized network of pirate groups who specialize in obtaining media - music, videos, games, and software - before their official sale date and then racing against one another to release the material for free. Warez: The Infrastructure and Aesthetics of Piracy is the first scholarly research book about this underground subculture, which began life in the pre-internet era Bulletin Board Systems and moved to internet File Transfer Protocol servers ("topsites") in the mid- to late-1990s. The "Scene," as it is known, is highly illegal in almost every aspect of its operations. The term "Warez" itself refers to pirated media, a derivative of "software." Taking a deep dive in the documentary evidence produced by the Scene itself, Warez describes the operations and infrastructures an underground culture with its own norms and rules of participation, its own forms of sociality, and its own artistic forms. Even though forms of digital piracy are often framed within ideological terms of equal access to knowledge and culture, Eve uncovers in the Warez Scene a culture of competitive ranking and one-upmanship that is at odds with the often communalist interpretations of piracy. Broad in scope and novel in its approach, Warez is indispensible reading for anyone interested in recent developments in digital culture, access to knowledge and culture, and the infrastructures that support our digital age. 517 $aWarez 606 $aCorporate crime$2bicssc 606 $aInternet: general works$2bicssc 606 $aMedia studies$2bicssc 610 $acomputing;hacking;history;internet security;piracy;software;warez 615 7$aCorporate crime 615 7$aInternet: general works 615 7$aMedia studies 700 $aEve$b Martin Paul$f1986-$0803034 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910513702703321 996 $aWarez$93039539 997 $aUNINA