I think it's wrong or confusing to equate warez with hackers. Some hackers may work with software to defeat any copy protection. But some people who use warez (pirated software) are not hackers. They would never qualify as a hacker. I think you have the idea now... warez is pirated software. Warez is not popular here, or in "the mainstream Internet" because piracy cheats the software authors and companies out of the profits for the software they created or sell. I am totally surprised someone doesn't know the meaning of warez, since the term has been around for a decade or so. But now you know.