The Scene Rules

The Scene Rules

The scene rules are the standards in the warez scene for releasing warez. These standards are the minimum requirements for a release. The scene rules are defined by groups of people who have been involved in its activities for several years and have established connections to large groups. These people form a committee, which creates drafts for approval of the large groups. In organized warez distribution, all releases must follow these predefined standards to become accepted material. The standards committee usually cycles several drafts and finally decides which is best suited for the purpose, and then releases the draft for approval. Once the draft has been signed by several bigger groups, it becomes ratified and accepted as the current standard. There are separate standards for each category of releases. The scene rules can be updated anytime, though it is most likely that the rules won’t change more than 1 or 2 times a year.

These rules are private files, not ment for anyone outside the scene. Though some of them have been published on the web. Here are some of them:

• The DVDr Release Standards 2002
• The DVDr Release Standards 2005
• The XXXDVDr Release Standards 2004
• The 2005 MP3 Release Standards
• The Game-Rip Release Standards 2000
• The Game-Rip Release Standards 2004
• The 0day Release Standards 2002
• The Covers Release Standards 2004
• The DiVX Release Standards 2001
• The DiVX Release Standards 2002
• The XViD Release Standards 2005
• The MViD/MDVDr Release Standards 2003
• The SVCD Release Standards 2002
• The TV-Rip Release Standards 2003
• The SweSub Release Standards 2004
• The SweSub Release Standards 2005
• The PDA Release Standards 2002
• The PSP Release Standards 2005