In supporting Aurous, EFF dismisses musicians’ right to earn a living
EFF comes to new music piracy app’s defense
By now many have heard the news that a much-anticipated “Popcorn Time” for music launched this week. Dubbed “Aurous,” the new app goads users into downloading the app with the catchline, “Enjoy music how you want to for free.” Unfortunately, as we all know, music is not free to create, nor should it be free to consume.
Andrew Sampson, developer of Aurous, claims his app is legal and compares its functionality to that of Google’s search engine. Of course we all know what Google’s record has been when it comes to linking to pirated content. Sampson told Billboard:
We’re pulling content from sources that are licensed. From a legal standpoint, what we’re doing is okay. All files are streamed from legitimate sources — we don’t host anything. We only share cached results over peer-to-peer…
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