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CopypartyCopyparties were gatherings of young people advertised through demos and intros (small animations) made by cracker groups. In these gatherings, young people from all over a country or a continent would gather to copy software and exchange ideas. It pertained mainly to the Amiga scene and the C64 scene, and as the PC started to take over the markets, increasing the difficulties of easily making nice demos and intros, and with increased police crackdowns on copying of pirated software, the copyparties were gradually replaced by computer conferences or demoparties, where focus was shifted away from copying of software and towards compos (competitions), and where software companies would even recruit young talents and sponsor the event. Competitions between young computer-interested people were arranged in categories such as best demo, intro, graphic and module (a computer audio format). Copyparties often lasted for days, and attendants would sleep in the building. Largely dominated by a male crowd, computer conferences nowadays attract both sexes. Some computer conferences, such as The Gathering arranged by Crusaders, a Norwegian demogroup are still arranged each year. It all started in the 1980s and early 1990s, and the demoscene carried with it a fantastic spirit of art and underground energy. Innovative names and aliases were invented for cracker and demogroups and their members. They were common in Scandinavia, Germany and elsewhere in Europe, and were an effective means of contact between computer-interested young people before BBSes became common or the advent of the Internet. Today, they serve the same purpose as before, with the added possibility of network gaming competitions. The most well-known are The Gathering in Norway, Assembly in Finland, The Party in Denmark, Dreamhack in Sweden, and NAID in North America. Parties arranged before these started to dominate, were numerous but in most cases smaller. Some no longer being arranged, they go on for around three to five days, and have room for around two to five thousand people. External links http://www.gathering.org/ http://www.assembly.org/ http://www.dreamhack.org/
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