Nintendo, in particular, is famously aggressive about this. They have successfully shut down major ROM repositories like RomUniverse and Loveroms , winning millions of dollars in lawsuits.
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The community often operates on a "moral abandonware" rule: If the company no longer sells the game, and the used market is the only way to buy it (where the developer makes $0 anyway), is it wrong? Nintendo, in particular, is famously aggressive about this