Monday, September 28, 2009

Not forgotten...

You were excited. Waiting with baited breath. The new, must-have video game was finally here!

But that was years ago, and that new, must-have video game is long forgotten. The people who wrote it may have some memories, but the company that published it (and owns the copyright) is long gone.

It's call abandonware. And while someone, somewhere owns the copyright (it's not really abandoned), they don't care enough to either sell it or make it available.

So sites like abandonia exist, keeping the files alive.

Yes, it's technically illegal. But if the owners don't care enough to actually sell it to you or even tell you to stop distributing it, why should you care?

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