I understand that it's their right to do whatever they want to with their "treasures" but the point of a lens is to take photos, the point of a game is to be played, the point of music is to be listened to.
Maybe you're complaining that he didn't distribute copies for others to enjoy, but copyright law would make him a criminal for doing that, why should he take that risk?
It's funny that this guy would is considered a criminal for making copies of these games, but once they are old enough and lost forever by the original copyright holders he's suddenly a hero for having these old copies. Copyright law is fucked.
But the collector in question very specifically didn't want other copies to exist, and threatened to never upload rare games again if it were shared outside the small, private community:
> According to a screenshot uploaded by Saint, the private collector threatened to pull the entire folder of content from the directory and stop uploading games altogether if anyone leaked Labyrinthe
He very, very specifically wanted to deprive others.
We recently had a magic the gathering old cards discussion internally. People were showing off their collections, many of which were in the mid five digits price range (full beta power etc).
People keep those things in bank vaults. If they play for fun they just use proxies. The odd time they go to a real tournament they take out the cards and use them.
To me the desire to collect these things doesn’t take away anything. It is still a game, but it is also something to collect and enjoy just owning something rare for some, and that rare thing happens to also have other utility.
The point of a thing can be multifaceted, and collection is as valid as any other point is, to me at least.
I guess, however, the collectors can just as validly suggest that they hate photographers who USE (and, hence, run the risk of scratching, chipping, breaking, whatever a classic lens which really, really belonged in a collection!) the lenses they'd rather collect...
Besides, if it wasn't for those pesky photographers ooohing and aaahing about how lens such-and-such was fantastic, prices would be oh-so-much-lower for those true lovers of vintage optics, the collectors... :)