no idea if this will convey the message i'm trying to convey but preservation != piracy, even if they can be associated in a lot of cases
you can preserve something but not pirate it (e.g. preserving old versions of game builds without bastardising the files to run w/o Steam), you can pirate something but not truly preserve it (like publishing versions of the game with the files and executables hacked up and functionality outright removed for whatever reason)
@ipg to be fair the warez scene has *incredibly* strict rules about technical flaws in their releases. any removal of functionality would more than likely result in a NUKE of that release.
this doesn't apply to p2p cracks or heck, even repackers, but it does apply to releases leaked directly from topsites
still, it's not the original binary