A warez group is a tightly organised group of people involved in creating and/or distributing warez such as movies, music or software ("warez") in The Scene. There are different types of these groups in the Scene: release groups and courier groups. Groups often compete, as being the first to bring out a new quality release can bring status and respect – a type of "vanity contest". The warez groups care about the image others have of them. The primary motivation of warez groups is not monetary gain, but the excitement of breaking rules and beating competitors, Similarly, the P2P group IMAGiNE has been disbanded due to law enforcement actions. An announcement of the release shows up in pre databases after making the release available on their affiliate sites. Access to the original software products is necessary to write cracks and keygens so they share original media among each other, usually using private sites and servers.

The group members have different roles. Most groups have one or more group leaders, aided by people with assignments such as supplier, cracker or ripper.

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