![]() ![]() Oddly enough though, also in this period, for several years I was mostly living out my faith through these specific abstinations, and when I decided to re-commit to God and church after several years of it being just a label I'd put on myself, I also became aware how superficial my christianity had been. For the quite long period of 25 years, I was proud knowing that I did not give into any of this. And no doubt Square Enix don't care who retrogames are nor do they care about the relatively tiny audience for the A500mini when they a printing money hats with their other big titles.So basically my story is that I was raised in a christian family where I was taught that masturbation and pornography was not good for you. Looking at your list IK+ is still owned by Activision and Flashback was published by US Gold who became part of Eidos who are now controlled by Square Enix. have all declined distribution for their titles when approached. WorldOfSpectrum is one of the few retro gaming sites that made the effort to contact developers and publishers and you'll see publishers like Code Masters, Ultimate/Rare, Activision, US Gold, Gremlin, etc. And sometimes bigger companies barely keep track of what they own and its importance but will just issue a blanket decline for any request that comes from a small company/organisation (no point taking the time if the return isn't worth it). Usually in case they wish to make future titles with their IP (as Ultimate/Rare have done). More often than not if a publisher is still active or was bought out by one that is still active they will withhold the rights to release or licence their old Intellectual Property. They'll have included things only where they could work out and track down the current rights holder AND the current rights holder was willing to sign a licensing deal with them. Yes, there are some bonafide classics (Another World, Speedball 2 etc) some popular titles (Project X, Supercars 2, Chaos Engine) and a bunch of really weird choices (Arcade Pool? Lost Patrol? Titus Fox? Dragon's Breath?).ĪLL Amiga software will still be under copyright so they can't just add in any software they please without potentially attracting a future lawsuit. I feel they made some really odd choices on the included games with the mini. As others have stated, it certainly isn't an actual legal definition, it's more of a phenomenon that occurs when IP holders no longer care to pursue people who violate their copyright. I am more or less just stating why "abandonware" is an idea people have conjured up in their minds, it's a result of the diminishing returns for pursuing copyright violators for old software which isn't worth the effort for people. Still, no one should break the law, and I am certainly not encouraging anyone to break the law (no one should exceed the speed limit, etc). You, on the other hand, are a small fry and not worth that time and money. Most likely what will happen is they will send a threatening email to whichever site you got it from and it won't be available there anymore, or they'll sue them perhaps, if they think it's worth their time and legal fees. The people most likely to be pursued would be distributors of copyrighted material, so unless you're doing that, again you're likely to not face any real consequences. The chances of you an individual being caught or facing legal consequences even if a copyright owner comes back from the metaphorical grave is minuscule given the legal and time cost involved in pursuing most violators. Really, it is illegal, but you're simply not very likely to get caught if all you're doing is downloading and playing the games. ![]()
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