Bueno, parece que una nueva resolución hace legal al abandonware en EEUU. Si bien no debería afectarnos a españoles o argentinos, bien sabemos que en la práctica si será asi porque esto significa que las páginas de abandonware en inglés finalmente dejarán de ser perseguidas... o eso espero.
FUENTE:
http://www.copyright.gov/1201/
Puntos importantes (gracias Radiobuzz)
2. Computer programs and video games distributed in formats that have become obsolete and that require the original media or hardware as a condition of access, when circumvention is accomplished for the purpose of preservation or archival reproduction of published digital works by a library or archive. A format shall be considered obsolete if the machine or system necessary to render perceptible a work stored in that format is no longer manufactured or is no longer reasonably available in the commercial marketplace.
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3. Computer programs protected by dongles that prevent access due to malfunction or damage and which are obsolete. A dongle shall be considered obsolete if it is no longer manufactured or if a replacement or repair is no longer reasonably available in the commercial marketplace.
edit: Ahora que veo bien, esto afecta otras cosas... me viene a la mente el famoso rootkit que Sony incluía en los CDs y que causó tanto revuelo.
6. Sound recordings, and audiovisual works associated with those sound recordings, distributed in compact disc format and protected by technological protection measures that control access to lawfully purchased works and create or exploit security flaws or vulnerabilities that compromise the security of personal computers, when circumvention is accomplished solely for the purpose of good faith testing, investigating, or correcting such security flaws or vulnerabilities.
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