Nuke (warez)
In the warez scene, to nuke is to label content as "bad", for reasons which might include unusable software, bad audiovisual quality, virus-infected content, deceptively labeled (fake) content or not following the rules. Duplicates and stolen releases from other pirates that do not attribute the original pirates will also be nuked.
Contrary to what the term implies, a nuke does not actually destroy offending content or prevent anyone from downloading it. A nuke merely serves as a cautionary flag to potential users. The person that uploaded the nuked content to a site will lose credits.
At the end of the 1990s, the various IRC dupe checks were the simplest to use. The most popular dupe checks were ran out of #releases and #thescene. In 1998 a new kind of dupe check appeared. Katman, a of Quadcon (QC), created a native win95 program named WinDupe. It let the user connect to an SQL database, offering greater speed and flexibility over the IRC bots. Drink Or Die created the first web dupe check. For example:
!nuke release reason (nukes a release)
!unnuke release reason (unnukes a release)
!renuke release reason (renukes a release)
!modnuke release reason (modifies a nuke reason)
!snuke release reason (a silent nuke: not announced in announce channels)
!oldnuke release reason (for old releases, also a silent nuke)
Erroneous nukes are usually "un-nuked" easily, by the same people who have access to issue nukes, that nukes and unnukes happen on IRC. These nuke networks have their own guidelines on how to nuke a release. In 2008, twelve of those nuke networks created a coalition to work together "to ensure nukers bias, nukewars and many other problems that plague the nuke scene become a thing of the past."
Local nukes
Local nukes or site nukes can be issued by a topsite administrator and are only applicable to that site. Each individual site has rules for which kind of releases that are allowed. e.g. no VCD releases. Hence a locally nuked release can still be valid.
Nukewars
The situation where a release is nuked or unnuked more than four times is called a nukewar. of a nukewar. The first two columns represent the time when the release was pred or when a nuke was issued. The next column is the category of the release. In this example two releases were released at almost the same time.
2007-03-08 04:15:26 TV Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-NoTV
2007-03-08 04:15:32 TV Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-XOR
2007-03-08 04:16:16 NUKES Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-NoTV NUKED dupe.XOR.same.day
2007-03-08 04:20:21 NUKES Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-XOR NUKED lost.race.to.NoTV
2007-03-08 04:21:59 NUKES Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-NoTV NUKED dupe.XOR.03-07-2007
2007-03-08 04:22:46 NUKES Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-NoTV UNNUKE fix
2007-03-08 04:23:12 NUKES Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-NoTV NUKED dupe.XOR.2007-03-07
2007-03-08 04:23:46 NUKES Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-NoTV UNNUKE NoTV.pred.first
2007-03-08 04:24:47 NUKES Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-XOR NUKED dupe.NoTV.2007-03-08
2007-03-08 04:38:41 NUKES Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-XOR UNNUKE is.fine
2007-03-08 04:39:23 NUKES Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-NoTV NUKED dupe.XOR.2007-03-08
2007-03-08 05:18:23 NUKES Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-NoTV UNNUKE won.race
2007-03-08 05:18:50 NUKES Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-XOR NUKED dupe.NoTV.2007-08-03
2007-03-08 05:20:22 NUKES Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-XOR UNNUKE fixing
2007-03-08 05:24:03 NUKES Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-XOR UNNUKE fix_won.race.against.NoTV
Another source shows different timestamps.
The clock of a computer is not always accurate. This and the difference in time zone partially explain the time difference.
The.Game.S06E18.HDTV.x264-ASAP
NUKE dupe.EVOLVE.2013-08-21/ZoNeNET
UNNUKE fine_pred.same.second.so.both.rls.are.fine/ZoNeNET
The.Walking.Dead.S04E12.PROPER.HDTV.x264-2HD
NUKE dupe.KILLERS.2014-03-03/ZoNeNET
UNNUKE fine_both.pred.within.one.second.of.each.other_basis.has.been.to.leave.both.alone_
see.zonenets.unnuke.on.The.Game.S06E18.HDTV.x264-ASAP/EthNet
NUKE dupe.KILLERS.2014-03-03_KILLERS.won.the.proper/ZoNeNET
UNNUKE fine_groups.pred.within.the.same.second_precedent.is.to.leave.both.unnuked/oneNET
Another example is the nukewar about the . The name between the square brackets is the nuke network where the nuke originates from. Each of those networks in this example was also a council member network.
When a release is mistakenly deleted, it is assigned the status undelpre. This can occur when releases that appear suspicious or questionable are removed. Here are various examples:
VA-H0rd3z_Ov_Thee_El33t-2006-SnS
EthNet: real
From.The.Earth.To.The.Moon.1998.INTERNAL.Part.1.WS.DVDRip.XviD.-FRAGMENT
EthNet: real
INCOMPLETE-I-N-C_Am_Mic_(JMC_Qualifikation_57)-WEB-DE-2016-VOLDiES_iNT
EthNet: crap.maybe_real.nonetheless
Sinik_Cheb_Billal_And_Big_Ali-Bienvenue_Chez_Les_Bylkas-PROPER-x264-FR-2008-NaWaK.mkv
EthNet: it.was.pred.this.way_seriously
TCF-415C47197F78E811FEEB7862288306ECFD4EC3DED8B-WEB-2014-BCC
EthNet: not.spam_real.release
Love.Thy.Neighbor.2013.S03E06.HDTV.x264-CRiMSO
EthNet: not.a.cut.echo_sitepred.BEFORE.CRiMSON.rls.and.traded.too sitepred.and.raced.before.CRiMSON
Pre network
A pre network (aka a Nukenet) is a collection of databases which share information about releases among the members of the network. Peers can be linked to more than one network. Linking to other network provides information which isn't available on peers local pre network. Such information can be .sfv, .m3u, .jpg, .diz or .nfo files.
Pre database
Each release that gets released will result as a record in a pre-database or dupe check.
The size and nature of the release are often provided too.
Nukes are linked with their release in these databases when a nuke is issued. To check if a release is nuked, a scener uses an IRC channel to query the database by typing commands. These IRC channels are called pre channels and are often not accessible for the general public.
The database is updated automatically through spidering topsites or by catching pre-release announcements from site channels. The server time is shown on some of them. According to TorrentFreak these websites are "simple archives of information that cannot be claimed by copyright holders, but anti-piracy companies apparently cannot tell the difference between reporting news and offering pirate releases for download."
* https://predb.me/ - 10.4 million releases in the database (September 2023).
* https://predb.net/ - 11.8 million releases in the database (September 2023).
* https://predb.org/
* It just gives you the release name and no quality details, plot/features or links to downloads.
List of public IRC pre channels
* IRC Server: irc.zenet.org port: +6697 channel: #pre Another kind of prebot was adopted in 2000 due to the increased competition among release groups. This prebot automatically distributed new releases to affiliated topsites of a group to release faster and more efficiently. This solved geographical and time zone related issues.<ref name="rise-and-fall" />
Contrary to what the term implies, a nuke does not actually destroy offending content or prevent anyone from downloading it. A nuke merely serves as a cautionary flag to potential users. The person that uploaded the nuked content to a site will lose credits.
At the end of the 1990s, the various IRC dupe checks were the simplest to use. The most popular dupe checks were ran out of #releases and #thescene. In 1998 a new kind of dupe check appeared. Katman, a of Quadcon (QC), created a native win95 program named WinDupe. It let the user connect to an SQL database, offering greater speed and flexibility over the IRC bots. Drink Or Die created the first web dupe check. For example:
!nuke release reason (nukes a release)
!unnuke release reason (unnukes a release)
!renuke release reason (renukes a release)
!modnuke release reason (modifies a nuke reason)
!snuke release reason (a silent nuke: not announced in announce channels)
!oldnuke release reason (for old releases, also a silent nuke)
Erroneous nukes are usually "un-nuked" easily, by the same people who have access to issue nukes, that nukes and unnukes happen on IRC. These nuke networks have their own guidelines on how to nuke a release. In 2008, twelve of those nuke networks created a coalition to work together "to ensure nukers bias, nukewars and many other problems that plague the nuke scene become a thing of the past."
Local nukes
Local nukes or site nukes can be issued by a topsite administrator and are only applicable to that site. Each individual site has rules for which kind of releases that are allowed. e.g. no VCD releases. Hence a locally nuked release can still be valid.
Nukewars
The situation where a release is nuked or unnuked more than four times is called a nukewar. of a nukewar. The first two columns represent the time when the release was pred or when a nuke was issued. The next column is the category of the release. In this example two releases were released at almost the same time.
2007-03-08 04:15:26 TV Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-NoTV
2007-03-08 04:15:32 TV Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-XOR
2007-03-08 04:16:16 NUKES Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-NoTV NUKED dupe.XOR.same.day
2007-03-08 04:20:21 NUKES Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-XOR NUKED lost.race.to.NoTV
2007-03-08 04:21:59 NUKES Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-NoTV NUKED dupe.XOR.03-07-2007
2007-03-08 04:22:46 NUKES Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-NoTV UNNUKE fix
2007-03-08 04:23:12 NUKES Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-NoTV NUKED dupe.XOR.2007-03-07
2007-03-08 04:23:46 NUKES Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-NoTV UNNUKE NoTV.pred.first
2007-03-08 04:24:47 NUKES Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-XOR NUKED dupe.NoTV.2007-03-08
2007-03-08 04:38:41 NUKES Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-XOR UNNUKE is.fine
2007-03-08 04:39:23 NUKES Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-NoTV NUKED dupe.XOR.2007-03-08
2007-03-08 05:18:23 NUKES Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-NoTV UNNUKE won.race
2007-03-08 05:18:50 NUKES Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-XOR NUKED dupe.NoTV.2007-08-03
2007-03-08 05:20:22 NUKES Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-XOR UNNUKE fixing
2007-03-08 05:24:03 NUKES Crossing.Jordan.S06E07.HDTV.XviD-XOR UNNUKE fix_won.race.against.NoTV
Another source shows different timestamps.
The clock of a computer is not always accurate. This and the difference in time zone partially explain the time difference.
The.Game.S06E18.HDTV.x264-ASAP
NUKE dupe.EVOLVE.2013-08-21/ZoNeNET
UNNUKE fine_pred.same.second.so.both.rls.are.fine/ZoNeNET
The.Walking.Dead.S04E12.PROPER.HDTV.x264-2HD
NUKE dupe.KILLERS.2014-03-03/ZoNeNET
UNNUKE fine_both.pred.within.one.second.of.each.other_basis.has.been.to.leave.both.alone_
see.zonenets.unnuke.on.The.Game.S06E18.HDTV.x264-ASAP/EthNet
NUKE dupe.KILLERS.2014-03-03_KILLERS.won.the.proper/ZoNeNET
UNNUKE fine_groups.pred.within.the.same.second_precedent.is.to.leave.both.unnuked/oneNET
Another example is the nukewar about the . The name between the square brackets is the nuke network where the nuke originates from. Each of those networks in this example was also a council member network.
When a release is mistakenly deleted, it is assigned the status undelpre. This can occur when releases that appear suspicious or questionable are removed. Here are various examples:
VA-H0rd3z_Ov_Thee_El33t-2006-SnS
EthNet: real
From.The.Earth.To.The.Moon.1998.INTERNAL.Part.1.WS.DVDRip.XviD.-FRAGMENT
EthNet: real
INCOMPLETE-I-N-C_Am_Mic_(JMC_Qualifikation_57)-WEB-DE-2016-VOLDiES_iNT
EthNet: crap.maybe_real.nonetheless
Sinik_Cheb_Billal_And_Big_Ali-Bienvenue_Chez_Les_Bylkas-PROPER-x264-FR-2008-NaWaK.mkv
EthNet: it.was.pred.this.way_seriously
TCF-415C47197F78E811FEEB7862288306ECFD4EC3DED8B-WEB-2014-BCC
EthNet: not.spam_real.release
Love.Thy.Neighbor.2013.S03E06.HDTV.x264-CRiMSO
EthNet: not.a.cut.echo_sitepred.BEFORE.CRiMSON.rls.and.traded.too sitepred.and.raced.before.CRiMSON
Pre network
A pre network (aka a Nukenet) is a collection of databases which share information about releases among the members of the network. Peers can be linked to more than one network. Linking to other network provides information which isn't available on peers local pre network. Such information can be .sfv, .m3u, .jpg, .diz or .nfo files.
Pre database
Each release that gets released will result as a record in a pre-database or dupe check.
The size and nature of the release are often provided too.
Nukes are linked with their release in these databases when a nuke is issued. To check if a release is nuked, a scener uses an IRC channel to query the database by typing commands. These IRC channels are called pre channels and are often not accessible for the general public.
The database is updated automatically through spidering topsites or by catching pre-release announcements from site channels. The server time is shown on some of them. According to TorrentFreak these websites are "simple archives of information that cannot be claimed by copyright holders, but anti-piracy companies apparently cannot tell the difference between reporting news and offering pirate releases for download."
* https://predb.me/ - 10.4 million releases in the database (September 2023).
* https://predb.net/ - 11.8 million releases in the database (September 2023).
* https://predb.org/
* It just gives you the release name and no quality details, plot/features or links to downloads.
List of public IRC pre channels
* IRC Server: irc.zenet.org port: +6697 channel: #pre Another kind of prebot was adopted in 2000 due to the increased competition among release groups. This prebot automatically distributed new releases to affiliated topsites of a group to release faster and more efficiently. This solved geographical and time zone related issues.<ref name="rise-and-fall" />
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