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What is abandonware?

What is abandonware? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (computing) A software product, especially a video game, whose copyright is no longer defended or which is no longer marketed even by the company who made it.
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Many popular abandonware sites have subsequently been abandoned.
There are many warez sites which want to hide behind the cover of abandonware.
Filling the ranks of Abandonware are classic games that everyone played, so companies made a mint off them, but weren't released for copyright-free distribution.
A few examples are Abandonware, MP3 downloads, warez and their kind.
Everything has to be absolutely above-board, so emulators and even abandonware are out of the question, alas.
Abandonware justifies itself by preserving gaming history in a 'living' way.

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