the Popcorn Time of firm music

The RIAA – Recording Industry Association of America – announces the closure of " illegal music service "Aurous. The latter had surfaced only two months ago in a preliminary version far from the initial promise of a Popcorn Time of music. Only a few days after his debut, Aurous was concerned by a complaint in justice.

Aurous has argued that it is a simple way for users to find music on legal streaming services such as SoundCloud and YouTube. The rights holders, however, have mostly retained sources such as the Pleer services, MP3Skull and VK which are in their sights.

AurousAurous certainly would not have had the success he expected, even if we will never know. Its existence has been far too short. Aurous and its founder have an obligation to end all activity on the Aurous.me site and any other system similar to Aurous. The agreement also provides for the payment of $ 3 million to the plaintiffs.

" We hope this sends a strong signal ", comments the president of the RIAA about the closure of Aurous." Unlicensed services cannot expect to illegally trade on the backs of music creators. "

In a blog post, the lead developer of Aurous criticizes US copyright law and writes that his tool only allowed users to use APIs from third-party sites (YouTube, SoundCloud).

On Twitter, he sums up his state of mind with a GIF: