When Activison shut down Infocom, many people felt the same way. I myself did not get a PC until after all of those games went out of print, so I went about acquiring them in the next ‘practical’ way. When Activision Finally re-released the games in 2 seperate collections, I happily purchased legit versions.
Is it illegal to copy copyrighted software…Yes
It is fair to hold the copyright on something and not have it domestically avaliable? NO
Therefore, A gamer has to do what a gamer has to do…