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Interesting idea but that's not what they're asking for and would be much harder requiring proxy infrastructure etc... many services are going online (service) only in large part because of piracy... you have to have a valid login and a way to access it without them being able to access the "crack" because then they'd just shut the linked (paid for) accounts down. OP is asking for a list of legitimate windows software that's licensed and has varying degrees of skill required to crack it.
OP, I would start with older software first. Like 2000's (2000-2010) releases from torrent sites that are already cracked... download a bunch of old programs and look whether they require a crack or keygen, run strings on the cracks/patches and you'll start to find certain indicators that something was easy to patch or hard, like strings indicating debugger check or http/s possibly indicating needing to intercept a server check. Anything that by its nature dealt with rootkit-type stuff like antiviruses, "spouse/kid monitor" software (legal keylogger/Trojans) will be more advanced and harder to patch. Small 1-3 dev org programs will probably be easiest but you'd be surprised.
Thanks.