piracy lietarlly kills companies because it robs them of the capital needed to fund new projects. all that is left is a consolidation of producers that buythe righst to games to either kill the line and remove the competition or pretend they will make a enw game but release some half assed variate they think peopel want. i should note that i am not blaming UBIsoft for purchasing the rights to might and magic games, but i WOULD like to see some legal commitment written inthe purchase that they MUST produce a game along those themes within a couple years to discourage buyign outthe competition.

there are times when "piracy" is not piracy anymore.

for instance, the company is out of business and support for the software is gone.. the entity that owned the copyright no longer exists and thus the copyrightis removed... this has created a LARGE amount fo what is referrred to as abandonware. not all of the abandonware is free of copyright protetion but in reality is SHOUDL be, and its notgoing to change until you the consumer gets off your lazy rear and votes instead of whinng about how your vote means nothing... it means as much as you want itto mean.