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[–] [email protected] 74 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Highly agree with the first point, companies should not be able to hold exclusive rights to any product they no longer provide support for.

Abandonware and unsold products are one of the few cases in which I consider piracy ethical

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

piracy isn't theft, but how do you feel about "stealing" from a thief? in the case of corporate software, the company already stole the surplus value created by their developers' labor.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Publishers and film makers too. Keep it in print or lose rights (though I'd rather have much shorter copyright periods). Changed products get their own copyright, but the old version falls out if you stop selling it.