Legal game downloads, legal to reproduce???

[Roman78]

I found some sites were i can download much games. Old games like "The Secret of Monkey Island" or "Lotus III". These sites are legal. So i wondering is it legal to collect al those game's and press them on a collectors cd and resell it? For those who don't want to search all the internet for games.

Complete whit Fellow and WinUAE ofcourse. Only problem are the Rom-files. But i think rom 1.3 is copyright by Commodore, and they doesn't excist anymore. Does the copyright still excist than? And the copyright is from 1987, and i learnd that a copyright wil disapear after a couple of years. (most are 10 years). Amiga forever also sell it whit 2 rom files, do they have a contract?

I'm asking this becouse we want to start a webstore whit a lot of software. New and old. Opensource and commecrial software. And i also though C64, Amiga, Atari and that kind. I also wil connect "Amiga Forever" that i want to be a reseller.

Is there more to know? More software?

[Roman78]

So i have to ask the owner to reproduce, i thought that. But what if a company does not excist anymore?

By the way, i found The secret on monkey island [link removed by admin], and thats a legal site, saying it's freeware. Or is that a trial?

[Roman78]

I'm sorry for the link. But didn't thought that that side was illigle.

I wil make a list wiht al companies to get a written permission. And contact them. Like the dutch sais: "Not shooten is always missed"

[Roman78]

I wil not sell them on ebay. I'm makeing an own webstore in PHP. Server is running and already installed.

First i wil contact al open source manufactures, like all linux, bsd, sun and also closed source like linspire and Zeta. And the games wil come later. Next year some where.

And why is it lame? When people order a cd whit 100 or 1000 games on it. Ultimate Amiga Game collection. Like Amiga Forever only sells 2 OS, 2 roms and some freeware like Winfellow and WinUAE. And a little interface. When i'm going to make it is also got an interface where the enduser just klik a game and it's going to start. And i do not burn it, i press it.