We know that Kanye West's fans love downloading torrents that violate copyright law: 500,000 of them illegally downloaded his album in the first 24 hours.

But now it seems that Kanye West himself uses the notorious torrent site The Pirate Bay, the very institution he was reportedly considering legal action against.

On Tuesday, Kanye tweeted a photo of his laptop with the YouTube page of the Sufjan Stevens song, "Death with Dignity," open on his web browser. But many astute people on Twitter noticed something more interesting in the background — an open tab on The Pirate Bay.

What torrent was Kanye looking for?

The Verge points out that the open tab appears to be a search for Serum, a synthesizer plug-in for music-making software that goes for around $200.

Producer deadmau5 has already called out Kanye, asking why he can't afford Serum.

To be fair, Kanye has claimed he's $53 million in debt, and $200 is almost two years worth of a Tidal subscription (Jay Z's streaming service which is currently the exclusive location for Kanye's album). Maybe he's trying to be more frugal.