ryone is doing it!” Often users are not knowledgeable of the legal implications associated with the downloading of this type of software, and often these warez sites have misleading disclaimers. Some companies offer free demo or trial versions of their product, leading to a common Net myth that it is okay to download programs to try them out if they are deleted within 24 hours. Some users feel that since software is so expensive, and they've wasted a lot of money on expensive but worthless programs, that they will try them out and if they like them then they will purchase them. Others just either cannot afford them or just choose not to pay for them. Some believe that everything on the Internet is in the public domain. Not realizing that someone other than the author or someone without the author’s permission puts pirated software on the Internet. The excuses for pirates are not usually as innocent. Most pirates get some kind of reward from what they do, sometimes monetary but most often just a selfish personal “thrill.” The whole point of the Warez sub-culture is to get the pirated program released and distributed before any other group. There are some warez members that pride themselves on 0-day releases, that is copies of commercial software copied and cracked on the same day as its retail release. Cyber pirates are often teenagers and people that have alienated themselves from society and use this as a means to achieve social recognition.In addition, there are groups resisting the efforts to strengthen anti-piracy laws, encouraging the ability to copy software. They believe that software should be free, that enforcing anti-piracy laws is not possible, or payment for software is on a voluntary basis (shareware). This very different approach to software piracy, shareware, acknowledges the futility of trying to stop people from copying software and instead relies on people's honesty. Shareware publ...
