#Bugdom 2 download software#
Of course, if a developer releases software for free, the story is different. For example, abandonware site Home of the Underdogs was founded in Thailand, while Abandonia is based in Sweden.
Those abandonware sites that continue to offer every abandonware title imaginable skirt international law, using hosting services in countries with a relaxed approach to piracy, copyright enforcement, and so on. There is little use in taking a publisher to court. When that happens, the abandonware site takes down the offending title in response. Companies enforcing existing copyright tend to send a cease-and-desist letter before filing a lawsuit. At least, none that I could find prosecuting someone for downloading and playing an abandonware title. But are you likely to find the authorities knocking at your door? Or, end up in front of a judge for breaking copyright? That's highly unlikely.ĭespite the illegality of abandonware, there are no court cases relating to it. To answer that specific question, no, it is not legal to download abandonware. For example, you can find classic action-adventure game, System Shock, on heaps of abandonware sites, yet the current copyright holder, Electronic Arts, does nothing about it.
In other cases, the owner still exists but does not enforce the existing copyright. The majority of content on abandonware sites no longer have an owner to enforce the copyright actively, so no one can sue.
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