I don't understand. Why do we even care about some local law?

Because we are getting older and older, and more tired.

Many people struggle to save some pdfs lately.

Nah, not forgotten at all. Here you have: https://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/8.04.0/

And they are all alive :)

Still have a copy of Ubu 8.04 on CD somewhere. Not sure if it still works though.

Good times.