glee wrote:

Still blatantly promoting software piracy, I see.

Why is it piracy when the manufacturer no longer sells the item in
question?

And don't give me "well you can buy it on e-bay" crap. There is no
garantee that anyone selling win-98 on e-bay is selling a version that
*can* be re-sold or used according to it's EULA, or that the person
selling it isin't still using the same product key that they're
purporting to sell.

If it's a book, a music or movie cd that is still available for retail
sale, then yup, there is such a thing a piracy.

If it's any of the above that is no longer in print or being stamped or
sold, then making copies of it and passing it around is not piracy.