It came from the warez or cracking scene, often just called "the scene" [1]. I don't know where the name came from, but the demoscene is definitely a (legal) sp

It came from the warez or cracking scene, often just called "the scene" [1]. I don't know where the name came from, but the demoscene is definitely a (legal) spinoff of the (illegal) warez scene. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene > Demos in the demoscene sense began as software crackers' "signatures", that is, crack screens and crack intros attached to software whose copy protection was removed. You may notice that many demoscene groups have the same name as warez groups, this is not a coincidence as they were originally the same people. All part of "the scene". [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warez_scene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warez_scene