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I don’t know if it’s illegal or not. I only know that if you want some games in its full content, that place is one of them. And you have to pay for it. I tried to get some games free over the internet but couldn’t. There are some games you just can’t find for buying anymore, even if you try hard. Well, at least someone is providing them, with a cheap charge.

You might as well get them for free, because none of that money is going to go to anyone involved with making the game.

Well, if you find me a place that I can get old stuff for free or even buying them legally, I will agree with you. But that is not the case with some games.

Bonsai - 12 May 2013 12:06 AM

Are you saying that we should get these games for “free” because the current copyright holder was not “involved” in making the game?

No, I was saying there’s really no difference between downloading them for free and downloading them for payment through an abandonware site.

I’m not advocating piracy at all.

And I’m not advocating piracy at all either. I have a collection of AGs (more then 500) that were bought legally. The truth is that some games are not found for selling “legally” any more. The company and the publisher are dead. What do you do? Search internet and find that someone in Amazon site is able to sell it? Knowing that the stuff you want is no longer avaliable for, they charge a big money. I prefer to look for those who can be reasonable enough and charge the amount it deserves. Do I am encouraging piracy?  I don’t know! I just want to get the game I want and, if I can’t get it the legal way, because there is NO LEGAL WAY to get it, then I try another way.

[Edit: by the way, if any one knows how to get Death Gate, Shannara and Black Dahlia legally this days, I will be happy to know how and where.]

But then, UruBoo has a point. Legality aside, if a website is providing a service which people are willing to pay for - providing full copies of abandoned games - then why not charge? It’s only our sense of justice which says they shouldn’t be getting money, but if the rights-holders don’t care does it matter?

If I had a choice between
A: Old adventure games not being distributed, not being played and becoming lost in the mists of time
and
B: Old games being “sold” and played without permission or concern

I would choose B, no hesitation.

Zifnab - 12 May 2013 01:09 AM

But then, UruBoo has a point. Legality aside, if a website is providing a service which people are willing to pay for - providing full copies of abandoned games - then why not charge? It’s only our sense of justice which says they shouldn’t be getting money, but if the rights-holders don’t care does it matter?

If I had a choice between
A: Old adventure games not being distributed, not being played and becoming lost in the mists of time
and
B: Old games being “sold” and played without permission or concern

I would choose B, no hesitation.

That’s my point. I don’t see any diference with those who charge for a thing in Amazon and for those who charge elsewhere. Providing that the stuff they sell is not avaliable legally anymore, what the heeck? I really try to buy games legally but when there is not any place else to find it, what should I do? Forget it and think that the game is lost in time? If someone is making money with something that had “disappeared”, and no one can have it, good for him! Isn’t that what everyone do? Just to make clear that I’m talking about games that you can’t find anymore legally, ok?

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