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Summary Of: Abandonware

software classed as abandonware is not in the... was that it spurred others to create new abandonware sites and organizations that came to outnumber the original Ring members... Rarely has any abandonware case gone to court... distinguishing it from abandonware which still has full copyright restrictions... Abandonware changes hands on the assumption that the resources required to enforce copyrights outweigh benefits a... abandonware proponents argue that distributing software for which no one remains to defend the copyright is... Proponents of abandonware argue that it is more ethical to make copies of such software than new software... law have incorrectly taken this to mean that abandonware is legal to distribute... Abandonware advocates also frequently cite historical preservation as a reason for trading abandoned software...

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