In my opinion, copyright law in its current state is atrocious (95 year terms?). I think the companies bribing our congresspeople through "donations" should be the ones getting in trouble, not the people who download 15 year old programs from some abandonware site. I believe copyright terms were done correctly the *first* time in 1790 (14-years with an optional extension) and the expansions (especially the DMCA) are atrocious abominations pushed by the RIAA, MPAA, BSA, and Disney.

Food for thought: Is Microsoft making anything from Office 4.2.1 for Mac?

BTW this is US copyright law