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Originally Posted by fov
Easy for us to say "it's not fair, I want to play that old game, so copyright laws are stupid." As a working writer who depends on the right to own what I create (what a concept!) and continue trying to make make money off of it for as long as I want to*, I don't exactly feel the same way. Neither did Metallica. 
*For the next 80 years, or whatever the timeframe is. |
I don't think the comparison is fair.
Books are still on sale, or still can be found in library, decades after they're been written.
It's not the same with games. Sometimes they're just not sold anymore.
In these cases, how can downloading it harm anyone? Especially since every big abandonware site out there clearly states that games will be removed if the copyright holder complains.
Also, if it weren't for abandonware, how could we play these games? I know there's E-Bay, but I don't see how buying on E-Bay supports game developpers anyway.
