Someone downloading the digital game I made could make the argument they didn't know it didn't have a valid license, and there'd be no legality issues there. It'd be a violation of copyright possibly if I didn't, but it's up to the rights holder to enforce that.
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If I was an organisation, and I wanted to legally create a digital version of "game X" I need a license to do so. As others have stated these games are made by fans.
That involved using army men as warhammer miniatures. People in the old days used to do what we call 'proxy'. It's not illegal unless I start selling it with a bunch of branding on it. For example, I could mill out a set of tokens and build my own Catan board. Most of what we do isn't wrong, but Steam is trying to avoid getting sued. A lot of the time too people don't fight a takedown even if they aren't doing anything wrong. I would guess that if one kept trying to distribute a game after they got a cease and desist, then that would be illegal. The rights holders may apply to have pretty much any fan made creation removed the workshop. Pretty much everything there is made by fans for fans.
Some chose to be aggressive, while others chose to be passive hoping that widespread adoption will lead to more real purchases of the game or because they consider it too much hassle. Steam, every so often, lets rights holders knock down any game that gets too close to their property, which is why you won't see popular stuff like Munchkin up very often.
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