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Until the invention of IPFs ~15 years ago (or whenever), cracked versions were usually the only versions of copy-protected titles available for distribution. Rights holders may have granted permission for another publisher to distribute a game having lost their original files. Thus, the new publisher can distribute a cracked version or none at all. I remember this happened with a Gremlin compilation CD in the early 2000s. And as jotd points out, the entity that bought the Cinemaware name did the same thing.
A lot of the stuff distributed with Amiga Forever has been bundled in since before IPFs were invented and probably hasn't been looked at closely since. Cloanto is pretty diligent about rights clearances so I imagine they've got the necessary permissions.
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