Feb 19, 2016 Kanye Wests buzzing new album The Life of Pablo is only available on the streaming service Tidal, which has driven many people to illegally download the album rather than sign up for the subscription-only streaming service. As a result, the album has gone Gold in illegal downloads solely from popular torrent site the Pirate Bay. It netted more than 500,000 downloads in less than a week, which is potentially an internet record. Despite previously being flippant towards people to illegally listen to his music, Kanye West is reportedly not pleased with the current situation. He’s considering a lawsuit against the Pirate Bay, and that’s understandable given how much money in streams and album sales 500,000 downloads would equate to. TorrentFreak reached out to the Pirate Bay for comment. Their response was not exactly fearful. “Kanye West is a blithering twat who has an incredible sense of self importance,” Pirate Bay staff member Spud17 wrote, before adding, “Our legal team will be waiting.” The Pirate Bay are no strangers to legal action, as their site been kicked out of numerous countries for it’s illegal activity. Next to governments, a Yeezy lawsuit isn’t much to sniff at. While it sucks that Kanye has lost out on so much money, he’s partially to blame for the situation after altering his album distribution plans right as the album released. He refused to add the album to any Apple music services, leaving few ways for people to obtain the record.
Feb 19, 2016 Seriously though, what the f--- did Kanye expect would happen when he released a highly-anticipated (unfinished) album to a steaming service which nobody wants? An album which they felt the need to charge $20 for, despite the fact that it's not even the final release?
Feb 19, 2016 Maybe if you didn't put it exclusively on Tida(L), you wouldn't have this problem you twat. Release it on ITunes or be loyal to hov and lose a ton of money.
Feb 19, 2016 I havent been on Pirate Bay to get music in like a year didnt know people still went there actually i dont know why people use torrents at all there are safer, easier ways
Feb 19, 2016 "TorrentFreak reached out to the Pirate Bay for comment. Their response was not exactly fearful. “Kanye West is a blithering twat who has an incredible sense of self importance,” Pirate Bay staff member Spud17 wrote, before adding, “Our legal team will be waiting.” ^^ It's bs like that that I'll never get. The man's music was f---ing stolen 500,000 times on your website and somehow you find the nerve to call him a blithering twat. I almost hope that s--- is fake, if not, I hope they get anally f----- in court.
Feb 19, 2016 You know what else isn't funny? Kanye losing 3.5 million dollars in potential sales cuz he chose to release his album on the worst streaming service ever.
Feb 19, 2016 dumbass shoulda put it on itunes and stores then. people dont wanna stream albums they wanna be able to own the s---
Feb 19, 2016 If momma..... knew now..... how you turned out....you too wild....you too wild..... you too wild.....you too wild......I NEED YOU NOOOOW *Drums hammering*
