Abandonware

[horrorkid64 0]

If you

[orishavit 1]

Is this legal?

[horrorkid64 0]

It

[Djohaal 121]

www.the-underdogs.org is also a great abandonware site but:
WARNING!!!! MASSIVE POPUPS AND SPYWARE DO NOT USE INTERNET EXPLORER

Abandonware is a semi-legal stuff, they are not legal, but aren't illegal too

[ADG 0]

There are a few companies that has said several times that they don't want their games to be avaliable for download even though those games are very old and not sold in any stores anymore... I don't have any respect for such companies unless they're soon going to change it (like start selling those games again)


On the other hand there's those companies who has their older games avaliable for download on their site. Both GTA 1 + 2 are avaliable for free

[mighty_tim 1]

I love abandonware. It'll be sad when the same fruits that started the whole no more d/l-ing music for free crap hit abandonware next. Thanks a bunch, Tipper Gore.

[Tedius Zanarukando 0]

There is a gap between popular opinion and what is written in the law. I am aware that the copyright system is far from synch with socioeconomic reality. The international copyright system has undermined its own objective. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is very controversial. I am opposed to international copyright law myself. The worst form of copyright infringement penalty is a cease-and-desist order. I support abandonware. I have been using abandonware since November 30, 2000.

There are Latin phrases used in law such as malum prohibitum and malum in se to refer to crimes. Malum prohibitum literally means wrong because it is against the law. It refers to activities that are illegal only because a statute makes it so. Malum in se means wrong because it is inherently evil. It refers to violations based on English common law and obvious violations of society's standards.

[chipersboy03 0]

And for mac users: Macintosh Garden

[Pheonix Rising 2]

Abandonware best way to get old hard to find games

[bevanl 6]

I always like to download old classics, I even downloaded the sequel to SimTower (Yoot Tower) on the Underdogs website.

I just like playing simulation games, I even remember playing the original Simcity on my Atari!.