Warez is wrong, but there is a "gray area" where you buy a copy and get it before you should because your brother-in-law owns a computer store. I don't have a problem with people saying they have the retail and bought it; their uncle could own a computer store, and, y'know, some perks go along with that. I have no problem with a few people buying early.
I do have a problem with "warez" (l33tsp33k for "steal"
. If I want to try something before I buy it, I'll get the demo, and if I buy it and wish I hadn't, I send that sucker back the next day. They make you fill out all kinds of cards and paperwork, and I gladly fill it all out, every last detail. I want to send a message if a game is really, really bad ... by sending it back to the store.
A return says a lot more about what you think of a game than simply not buying. It also takes away a lame excuse for theft. Stealing doesn't send a message about anybody but yourself.