Ok, so I'm 2 years late but I've bought the game new for £9.99 and it should get here today or tomorrow. Wouldn't mind checking out whatever you guys have thrown togethor if you uploaded your stuff to the Sporepedia back when you played the game. So do I need your Spore names to look up your creations or something?
If anyone is worried about still having the Securom thing on their PC, even though they uninstalled the game, this might help.
Securom removal tool.
eHow instructions on removing Securom.