Warez, and its leetspeak form "W4r3z", are plural representations of the word "ware" (short for computer software), and are terms used to refer to "software distributed over the Internet," that is, "[software that has been illegally copied and made available" e.g., after having "protection codes de-activated". "Cracking, or circumventing copy protection, is an essential part of the warez process," and via this commonality, the definition focused on computer software has been extended to include other forms of material under copyright protection, especially movies. As Aaron Schwabach notes, the term covers both supported and unsupported materials (the latter unsupported, termed abandonware), and legal recourses aimed at stemming the creation and distribution of warez are designed to cover both profit-driven and "enthusiast" practitioners. Hence, the term refers to copyrighted works that are distributed without fees or royalties and so traded in general violation of copyright law.