Regarding c&c gold,
There was a reply from the c&c3 community manager APOC on the EA forums today:
"I have received a couple e-mails on this matter and have not yet replied with an answer.
So here it is, yes it is freeware now. Many hundreds of sites have it available from the files that were hosted on our official site which I am finally removing today. I sneakily just kept them up there for a while but now since many sites have it, its no longer necessary.
I assume that is the answer you guys were looking for. I don't think i'm having a fit about it
-APOC "
If c&c gold is truly freeware, shouldnt c&c95 dos be freeware too? If so abandonia should allow a free download of the game...