Bafitis wrote:
I don't feel that copyrights should expire myself... But whatever... Maybe we as a community should buy the rights from Take-2...

Well you can't. They're abandoned. It's free to the public now. The copyright didn't expire. It was abandoned. Meaning that X had its copyright violated. A owns the rights. A ignored the violation repeatedly to the point that it was considered abandoned.
Personally I have no issues with it. The games aren't for sale now. So for the person wanting to go through DOSBOX hassles, they can download the games, play them, and enjoy them.
You guys paying absurd prices for a collection, that doesn't go to the creators either. In fact ordering on E-Bay copies of UAKM, PD, and OverSeer don't go to the pockets of Take 2 or the creators. So what DrPaul is doing (sending the games to people who send him flashcards) is fine with me too.
If we should be trying to do anything it's contacting Take 2 and convincing them to port UAKM, PD, and Overseer to XP/360/PS3/whatever. The limited money for XP & 360 would be well worth it, imho.