In the "warez" and film enthusiast community, file names follow a strict naming convention to tell the user exactly what they are getting:

: People who get early access to physical discs or digital streams.

: The video codec used. While older than modern standards like x264/x265, XviD was once the industry standard for AVI files. AC3 : The audio format, specifically Dolby Digital.

: These files are at the center of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and international intellectual property battles.