In the US, at least, the misinformation from game publishers regarding what's piracy and what's not obfuscating the legal right to download and use abandonware games per the DMCA is one of the biggest hurdles in game preservation. <br><br>There are clear cut guidelines on what's considered abandonware for legal purposes, but, good luck talking about that in public forums nowadays ... so many "Yes" people who might as well have "I'm a corpo-bot" stamped on their heads. What people fail to realize is that games are a type of artwork, and, unlike buildings, paintings, writings, etc, preservation efforts are fought against instead of being developed in the open forum....<br><br>It's a shame, really....