A 21-year-old American has posted a video on YouTube explaining how to use Google’s search engine to download music and video games for free, Les Echos, sister paper of the Financial Times, has found.

The simple search formula uses Google’s powerful algorithms to track down music or other files on unprotected computer systems, including US university systems. “A lot of students use the web-space given to them by their university to share music with their friends,” said Jimmy Ruska.