> CW> And don't forget that a Very high % of the stuff that ends up In WAREZ
,
> CW> was release from Dev/Beta/Duplicators before it even hits the streets,
> CW> and that just stupid we are kill our own jobs
>
> thats a myth.... warez supplier usually dont sit in the software
> houses (i am not saying they never do), they sit in the magazines who
> get those betas, or pre-masters for review. so one really good idea to
> prevent early warez would be, do NOT give away stuff for review before
> its on the shelves. (obviously as you can see, you wont stop warez
> this way, coz if you dont give out samples for review its pretty much
> impossible to sell any copies ;=P)

Oftentimes, early software is acquired because a member of a cracking team,
the supplier, works at Babbage's, Electronics Boutique, or any of a number
of other companies which sell software.

See, the employees have access to the boxes maybe a week and a half or so
before they go onto the shelves. Some of the stores allow employees to take
software home and try it; others don't, but have local managers who don't
care, or local employees who have five finger discount powers. All it takes
is one copy.