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==What about abandonware?== | ==What about abandonware?== | ||
Abandonware is not a proper legal concept. Copyright of computer software seems to end 95 years after publication (at least in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_United_States#Duration_of_copyright USA]). Feel free to check back in around 2080 if you're allowed to download the games then. | Abandonware is not a proper legal concept in any country. Just like how it’s not legal to copy a book under copyright because it is out-of-print, it is not legal to copy a game under copyright because the company is no longer selling it. | ||
Copyright of computer software seems to end 95 years after publication (at least in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_United_States#Duration_of_copyright USA]). Feel free to check back in around 2080 if you're allowed to download the games then. | |||
==What am I allowed to download free of charge?== | ==What am I allowed to download free of charge?== | ||
* | * Downloads with the permission of the copyright holders | ||
** [[Where to get the games#Freeware Games|The freeware games]] | |||
** [https://www.scummvm.org/demos Demos] of copyrighted games | |||
** [https://www.scummvm.org/games/#sword1 Video packs] for [[Broken Sword 1]] and [[Broken Sword 2]] | |||
* Most homebrew games made with [[AGI/Fan Games|AGI]], [[SCI/Fan Games|SCI]], and [[Wintermute/Games|Wintermute]] | |||
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* [https://www.scummvm.org/demos | |||
* [https://www.scummvm.org/games/#sword1 | |||
* [[ScummVM]] itself, of course :) | * [[ScummVM]] itself, of course :) | ||