[Infowarrior] - Kanye caught on Pirate Bay while his album streams on Pornhub

[Richard Forno]

Kanye caught on Pirate Bay while his album streams on Pornhub
http://www.engadget.com/2016/03/02/kanye-pirate-bay-pornhub/

In the picture above, you'll spot Joel Zimmerman's alter ego, Deadmau5, standing side by side with Kanye West. Last night, the rodent-headed musician was putting a little distance between him and his Tidal buddy,  for apparently using Pirate Bay to download a software synthesiser called Xfer Serum (a $190 purchase). Deadmau5 was responding to a tweet from West that simply read "Day 3," along with a screen shot of what he was listening to (Sufjan Stevens' "Death with Dignity"). Zimmerman noticed West's other browser tabs in view, which included one for Xfer Records' Serum, one for "Pirate Bay Torrent Xfe..." and another for "The 50 best VSTs" (software instruments). Oh, and the surest giveaway you're browsing something dodgy: MacKeeper.

Sure, Kanye may claim to be in debt. But after making such a fuss about The Life of Pablo being a Tidal exclusive (a site he has a stake in), the irony of pirating software to make music is apparently lost on him. Of course, simply having tabs open doesn't prove anything. After all, perhaps he's writing an essay on how easy it is to pirate music software. Or, he's popped open Kim's laptop, and she's looking at getting into wavetable synthesis -- both very plausible situations.

Regardless, you can always count on the internet to deliver either instant Karma, or opinion. It looks like we're getting dose of both. Not only did Zimmerman suggest launching a Kickstarter to help West get his copy of Serum legitimately (along with the #prayforyeezy hashtag), but The Life of Pablo popped up on another, very unlikely, streaming site: (warning, very NSFW!) PornHub.

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