K... more... it's an old face - here's some of the domains involved... but there are a lot more - prob around 600 - 900 ish:
oemnapne.com
oemofoem.com
oemnick.com
oemlifestyle.com
oemlifestyle.net
gromko-oem.com
rolikooem.com
oemsleva.net
oemsleva.com
oemvlesu.net
oemvlesu.com
chesnok-oem.net
yomaoem.net
krivoem.net
mamaoem.org
oemsoftnow.net
2007ad.com
oemsoftsave.net
oemsoftsave.com
oemsoftnow.com
hohlomator.com
mp3dozer.com
oemsprava.com
oemsprava.net
oemvreke.net
oemvreke.com
worldsoftwaredirect.com
softruba.com
oemguy.com
oemsverhu.com
oemsverhu.net
K! Meet Alex Rodrigez, AKA Leo Kuvayev, 34 yr Russian and major spammer. He's spammed everything from watches to porn to, well - software.
Never checked, but chances are the downloads are coming from China as is his modus operandi.
And a nice pic of him sitting on his throne
And hell, he's even qualified for own entry in wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Kuvayev
SO... Back to your question Mark - Yes, it's kinda illegal