No. Stopped official distribution has no impact on the copyright situation.
Current copyright laws are – in my opinion – one sided and bad. Copyright length/duration is outright ridiculous.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware#Law
If the rights holder(s) do not offer buying new licenses this does not mean one may use the software without license. With content on physical media (disc, cartridge) there is always the "used" market. With immaterial game unfortunately not (yet?)
I don't know any legal way for getting WiiWare nowadays (maybe find a Wii(U) with the game already legally on it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware#Law
If the rights holder(s) do not offer buying new licenses this does not mean one may use the software without license. With content on physical media (disc, cartridge) there is always the "used" market. With immaterial game unfortunately not (yet?)
I don't know any legal way for getting WiiWare nowadays (maybe find a Wii(U) with the game already legally on it.
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there is a plugin that display them on the wii u menu, pretty sure it is enabled by default -
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NinStar:
I don't have a wii u anymore to test it myself, but if homebrews are not visible on the wii u menu I think you can press L + R + minus to open the plugin menu, there should be an option called "homebrews on wii u menu" or something similar
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NinStar:
then it is working, I also don't like that they did this but it is the only option you have if you are using aroma
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