US Copyright Office grants abandonware rights
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| What does this mean? Well, those retro games -- classic or otherwise --
| that you can't seem to find anywhere can now be preserved without fear
| of ramifications. Although it is still unlawful to distribute the old
| games, free or otherwise, rarely do any abandonware cases go to court.
| The ruling is more symbolic than anything, but a step in the right
| direction.
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http://www.joystiq.com/2006/11/23/us-copyright-office-grants-abandonware-rights/
So my collection of ROM's is officially legal.
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