


Users also have the option to retrieve files from other known pirate sites and to make copies of them, the RIAA said. Users of the site are not directed into the BitTorrent network and instead are directed to "a single known pirate site based in Russia called Pleer," according to the suit. The suit names Andrew Sampson, whom the RIAA describes as living in Florida and as being the president of the so-called Aurous Group Inc. Plaintiffs are further entitled to damages, as detailed below."

"Plaintiffs are entitled to a temporary restraining order and preliminary and permanent injunctive relief to stop Defendants' flagrant violation of Plaintiffs' rights. "Defendant's business is new, but its business plan is old: illegally profiting from piracy by free riding on the creative efforts and investments of others," the RIAA said. The recording industry is asking (PDF) a federal judge to shutter the Aurous service. Popcorn Time, on the other hand, performs a similar service for movie pirates-and its users are in the crosshairs of the movie industry. The Recording Industry Association of America is suing a new music piracy site for the truly lazy only days after its debut.Īurous is a Popcorn Time-like player that allows pirates to stream from an overseas library of pirated music.
