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J4ckst3r · **Post subject:** Is this true? **Posted:** Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:06 pm

Hi,

Me and my friend had a discussion, we were talking about abandonware and he said that it's not legal to download anything from here and elsewhere without owning an original copy of the software. Is this true?

Regards,
Jack.

mrpijey · **Post subject:** Re: Is this true? **Posted:** Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:09 pm

If you want to be 100% legal and sure you don't do anything slightly illegal then yes, it's true. If you want to follow the corporations then you need to buy everything in shiny new boxes, or forget it ever existed as most old titles can't be found in a store. Even buying most software on eBay may be illegal as their licenses forbid second hand resale etc...

Not a fun world to live in, but hey, haven't you ever walked across the street when there was a red light?

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Tandyman100 · **Post subject:** Re: Is this true? **Posted:** Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:14 am

mrpijey wrote:

..haven't you ever walked across the street when there was a red light?

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Y-y... y-you mean, people actually do that?!

OH THE HORROR! THE HORROR! WHAT A WORLD! WHAT A WORLD!

prayaas1998 · **Post subject:** Re: Is this true? **Posted:** Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:51 am

And I just made a thread for that.

Yeah, people do break the rules, actually most of the people, don't follow most of the rules, here in India.

kinokijuf · **Post subject:** Re: Is this true? **Posted:** Tue Mar 13, 2012 3:28 pm

mrpijey wrote:

haven't you ever walked across the street when there was a red light?

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Never in my life. Really.

Andy · **Post subject:** Re: Is this true? **Posted:** Tue Mar 13, 2012 5:42 pm

I have, since it's not illegal in the UK.

SotirisMichail · **Post subject:** Re: Is this true? **Posted:** Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:01 pm

I'm not really sure if it's illegal or not here in Greece,but I've spotted some lights like those.

MegaDragon998 · **Post subject:** Re: Is this true? **Posted:** Wed Mar 14, 2012 7:43 am

Im not sure is it ilegal here but we follow USA so im sure it will start soon.

linuxlove · **Post subject:** Re: Is this true? **Posted:** Wed Mar 14, 2012 12:48 pm

Why is it that stuff in Site Feedback and Support tends to drift off-topic fairly often?

hounsell · **Post subject:** Re: Is this true? **Posted:** Wed Mar 14, 2012 2:23 pm

Because BetaArchive is so awesome and faultless.

Therefore, feedback tends to be of a "why is the world the way it is and how it sucks for BA" nature, which is pretty general and open-ended.

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