I think having a digital copy of something ok because it will never be as good as the physical exiting item. I mean I have a few dozen mp3's from Symphony X on my Harddrives but I would still go out and buy their CDs because the actualy physical item has a better value so after buying it I have a better satisfaction of owning the item.

Think of it this way lets say that as I grow up and I die, what happens to all of my stuff that I dont want buried with me? It gets given to somenbody else, and I'm long dead so how on earth would I know if some random stranger is taking it? Thats what I feel about abandonware. Lets just say that if Im done using something, somebody else can have it, hence forth with abandonware, Id is completly done with Doom I and no longer makes it anymore.