Is the free sharing of “abandonware” illegal?
Yes, indeed. Even if no longer supporting or selling the games in point, many copyright-holders feel that having their old games online for free is too much competition for their new games. What we don’t accept though is to be fooled by the idea that the new games have any originality or fun factor in comparison to the old classics. If we are to pay for the purchase of a game, we’ll accept only to do so for a worthy game. The classics were worthy of every cent spent, but now, you can’t buy them anymore. That’s why we’re here. They feel it’s too much competition? Understandable. Their new games don’t stand a chance. A game can be released free from their copyright holders in good will for a number of specific reasons, they vary. Sometimes not only they’re no longer sold, support has also been discontinued. A few enlightened companies (such as Rockstar Games) decide to release their classics in a state that it can be freely downloaded even from their official website, thus making legal t
