Editing Warez (section)

==Motivations and arguments==
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The production and/or distribution of warez is illegal in most countries due to the protections provided in the [[TRIPS Agreement]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Intellectual property rights in today's digital economy |first=Adam |last=Denton |url=https://www.itu.int/ITU-D/treg/Events/Seminars/GSR/GSR11/documents/05-Intellectual-property-E.pdf |year=2011 |publisher=[[ITU]] |page=15 |quote=Copyright infringement is a civil offence in most jurisdictions.}}</ref> Software [[Copyright infringement|infringers]] generally exploit the international nature of the [[copyright]] issue to avoid law enforcement in specific countries.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} Violations are typically overlooked in poorer [[third world]] countries, and other countries with weak or non-existent protection for intellectual property.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=Michael W. |title=Bringing Developing Countries' IntellectualProperty Laws to TRIPS Standards: Hurdles andPitfalls Facing Vietnam's Efforts to Normalize anIntellectual Property Regime |journal=Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law |date=1999 |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=211, 223–235 |url=https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/jil/vol31/iss1/7/ |access-date=13 June 2019}}</ref> Additionally, some first world countries have loopholes in legislation that allow the warez to continue.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Adamsick |first1=Christopher |title="Warez" the Copyright Violation? Digital Copyright Infringement: Legal Loopholes and Decentralization |journal=TechTrends |date=2008-12-07 |volume=52 |issue=6 |pages=10–12 |doi=10.1007/s11528-008-0207-0 |s2cid=150417186 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Penenberg |first1=Adam L. |title=Cracking loopholes |url=https://www.forbes.com/1997/08/08/loop.html |website=Forbes |access-date=12 June 2019}}</ref>

There is also a movement, exemplified by groups like [[The Pirate Party]] and scholars at [[The Mises Institute]], that the very idea of [[intellectual property]] is an [[anathema]] to free society.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Huebert |first1=Jacob H. |title=The Fight against Intellectual Property {{!}} Libertarianism Today |url=https://mises.org/library/fight-against-intellectual-property |website=Mises Institute |date=3 February 2011 |access-date=12 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Van der Sar |first1=Ernesto |title=Piracy is Ethically Acceptable To Many Harvard Lawyers, Research Finds |url=https://torrentfreak.com/piracy-is-ethically-acceptable-for-many-harvard-lawyers-research-finds-190607/ |access-date=12 June 2019 |work=TorrentFreak |date=2019-06-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kopraleva |first1=Iva |title=Are Pirate Parties relevant to European politics? |url=https://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_are_pirate_parties_relevant_to_european_politics_7221 |website=European Council on Foreign Relations |date=20 January 2017 |access-date=12 June 2019}}</ref> This is in contrast to some of the more traditional [[open source]] advocates such as [[Lawrence Lessig]], who advocate for middle ground between freedom and intellectual property.<ref>{{cite web |title=Interview with Lawrence Lessig |url=https://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2011/01/article_0002.html |website=World Intellectual Property Organization |access-date=12 June 2019}}</ref>