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Piracy is the only way to preserve most retro video games.
If the game is complete abandonware, and not sold on any digital storefronts, is it even still piracy?
That's really the only time it's ethical to pirate. The rest is just stealing.
How could you steal something you don’t even ever own you just buy a license to play it essentially. Either way piracy is not theft in my eyes it is called piracy for a reason. You cannot claim a pirated copy of a piece of software is a lost sale.