> There is an exception in the DMCA for abandonware
My point is that several of these titles are not abandonware since they are still being sold by original publishers on GOG.com
> Civil disobedience is non violently disobeying unjust laws. Copyright law has become too draconian and infringes on the public good, therefore some don’t respect it. This doesn’t mean content creators shouldn’t get paid.
Big difference between civil disobedience being justified by laws restricting fundamental rights (e.g. voting rights) and civil disobedience because you want to play an old game. Extreme measures (e.g. breaking laws) should be reserved for big injustices IMHO.
> My point is that several of these titles are not abandonware since they are still being sold by original publishers on GOG.com
As a platform, you aren't required to proactively investigate the copyright status of works uploaded to your platform by the general public. If you leave it up until you get a DMCA takedown request, and promptly remove it if and when the DMCA takedown request arrives, then the DMCA safe-harbor provisions apply.
Any of these original publishers can legally serve a DMCA notice on the Internet Archive, and the Internet Archive will I'm sure promptly respond by removing public access to the material (they will keep it archived so they can restore public access when one day the copyright expires, or if the copyright owners have a future change of heart before then). The fact that those publishers haven't means that either they don't care about what the Internet Archive is doing to their copyrighted works, or possibly even some of them tacitly approve of it.
My point is that several of these titles are not abandonware since they are still being sold by original publishers on GOG.com
> Civil disobedience is non violently disobeying unjust laws. Copyright law has become too draconian and infringes on the public good, therefore some don’t respect it. This doesn’t mean content creators shouldn’t get paid.
Big difference between civil disobedience being justified by laws restricting fundamental rights (e.g. voting rights) and civil disobedience because you want to play an old game. Extreme measures (e.g. breaking laws) should be reserved for big injustices IMHO.