Comment by ktallett

Gog and Steam often release versions years later, sometimes items are well abandoned for a decade plus with no interest in release and people fairly download to play. If you then decide to monetize that, I don't think morally you can really blame those who downloaded it and shared it when it was abandoned.

The whole copyright system needs a huge overhaul as it is taking away the ability to share what is the art and creation forms of today.