Today, for the price of a single tea (₹10/serving), you can get a monthly subscription to a legal service and download 50 Ilayaraja songs to your SD card. Or, you can use 100% free, legal, ad-supported streams on Spotify Free or YouTube (though you can't download offline).

...are searched millions of times per month. Piracy sites capitalize on this nostalgia gap, knowing that younger users who missed the CD era might not know where to find high-quality versions.

Ilayaraja’s music is India’s cultural heritage. Sites like Isaimini exploit his work, rob artists of royalties, and expose fans to cyber threats.