most of the software we consider 'pirated' the outside world considers abandonware or 'so old nobody cares' ... for example someone looking for Speedball 1 to play on UAE... why do people care if someone pirates it?... their not gonna find a place to buy it even if they try... in cases like that... I understand piracy...or if a company is charging 40.00 for a game made in 1988... its not right...
The people interested in classic games who download UAE and start collecting them are not hurting the Amiga market, because they either A:couldnt buy even if they wanted to or B:where never gonna pay.
I can sympathise with people who view Amiga as dead and figure their not hurting anyone by playing with some old games, if you consider them pirates how far do ya take it?... all the way back to Tandy's ? or Colecovisions? or what... I mean... if the company who made the game is outta business, whos it hurt?
Do you think Id software cares if people pirate Commander Keen? or Electronic Arts cares about 'star wars' roms for SNES? ...no...and those are more modern games then Amiga games even.
