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Originally Posted by Red Fortress
Will all Abandonware sites be blocked?
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I don't think so.
wouldn't be worth much of an effort to anyone. it's not a big market after all (for some games more, for some less), so there's not much money in it. Ergo, y should anyone do this?
Sounds illogical imo.
The only trouble I see is, when some game should become ESA protected and nobody knows it and it is still downloadable here and some guys start bitching around a bit.
But this is nonsense.
Just think about it: Abandonia and other sites created and maintain a community around those old games. You can ask questions here and get them answered. That's worth much and you can't measure it by any money. And I doubt that ESA somehow would open up a forum for the very same purposes (support and whatnot) with ppl that are that damn dedicative, like some guys and gals here @ AB. (would cost them money as well, you know)
So I have to ask again. Why should anyone close great sites like this, which are the only places to go in the Internets and which keep those old games alive? If you wouldn't have sites like this, you'd lose more and more games over the years - it's the same with words, if they weren't spoken, they simply vanish after some time.
At the end, you might have some games you'd never ever find anywhere and they'd be lost for all times. It's kinda library here, so which idiot would burn that down?!
Another fact might be that some ESA guys even use sites like this to check out how intense the interests of ppl in specific old games are. So they can use informations they gain here to buy the rights of old games, to later sell them = another reason not to close sites like AB.
So, I don't see any reason why some ppl from any country or organization should sue the hoster of this site or block this hp (LOL WUT?!) or something.
That is all.
edit: effin grammar
