He said that the cart page of the software website was blank, the last version of the software was from 2012 and the web page was last updated in 2014, so he had no other option.
questionable or suspect as to true nature or quality the practice is of dubious legality
I think most would agree that copyright laws fall into the category of "of, by, and for the 1%" as they currently exist. (They would look much different if the only goal was to protect inventors and protect society.)
[1] https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/fi...