Are keygens illegal?
 

Is it illegal to have keygens on your harddrive? I have a lot of them. Not because I use the software but because I like to listen to that crazy chip music in the background.

I'm pretty certain they are

LOL i had the same passion back in the day. There are a couple of e-mags which publish actual tracks every month so you dont have to hunt keygens.

search for this FAiRLiGHT guy.. he is some politican in Florida now.. he still publishs some mag as far as i know

As if lol, I always found that music incredibly annoying, couldn't wait to patch my shit and turn that music off. Man, haven't used a keygen/patch in years.... Brings back old memories.

you Sire, they are absolutely legal.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh!

I used to collect Demos back in the day...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene

Here's a more hairy question... is it legal to use a keygen if you have purchased the software but their activation process is too stupid to realise you've reinstalled Windows, rather than attempted to install (copy) the software onto another machine?

i loved that c64 soundchip music

Its all legal until you get caught.

LOL

lol serials that u didnt paid for ;)

lol at the music!

yep, me too... i load them on my zune!!

Having them alone on a hd is legal. Having them on the same hd or partition as the software it's "abusing" is illegal. And, of course, using them is illegal.
I made a few back in the day.

I remember my C64

and wanting a 128.. the good old days of computers..

I don't think that having keygens on your computer is a crime.. but using them is!!

keygens are legal.. using the keys they generate is not.

I'm pretty sure they are. So better be careful!

GFY seems to be getting more and more conservative. Five years ago all of the responses to this thread would have been about the best places to get keygens.

what he said

:2 cents::thumbsup

Was going to say the same :upsidedow