The Recording Industry Association of America wasted no time filing a lawsuit against the makers of the file sharing app Aurous, with the suit coming just a few days after the alpha version of the software launched, the British newspaper The Guardian reported.

RIAA filed the lawsuit on behalf of its member companies, which include Universal Music and Sony Music. While the app's developers claim the software allows users to seek out legal sources of music, the association argues the files are coming from piracy sites.

"This service is a flagrant example of a business model powered by copyright theft on a massive scale," an RIAA spokesperson told The Guardian.

Aurous defended itself on Twitter: "Apparently not everyone is a fan of our service, the @RIAA doesn't seem to like new technology and is suing us!"

The company has the support of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit group dedicated to "defending civil liberties in the digital world." The group tweeted: "Once again, @RIAA asks a court to order the entire world to block & filter an app they don't like."

Despite the criticism, the RIAA is confident it has made a strong legal case to shut down Aurous, the newspaper reported. http://bit.ly/1G5yM3j

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