Blogger arrested over leak of Guns N' Roses songs

[jbailey84]

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A blogger suspected of streaming songs from the unreleased Guns N' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" on his Web site was arrested Wednesday and appeared in court, where his bail was set at $10,000.

FBI agents arrested 27-year-old Kevin Cogill on Wednesday morning on suspicion of violating federal copyright laws. Cogill appeared in court in the afternoon in a T-shirt.

Federal authorities say Cogill posted nine unreleased Guns N' Roses songs on his Web site in June. The songs were later removed.

According to an arrest affidavit, Cogill admitted to agents that he posted the songs on his Web site. The magistrate judge did not impose any special Internet use restrictions on Cogill, who's expected back in court Sept. 17.

"Chinese Democracy" is a much anticipated — and repeatedly delayed — new album by Guns N' Roses that is more than 10 years in the making.


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how gay is that?

[matthews_world]

Well it is a crime. Governments and authorities are cracking down.

They'll even check your computers and mp3s at U.S. airports these days for pirated and suspicious material.

This is a new age.

On second hand, I'm looking for a Beta storage site where I can store mp3 files with ease and download them to a device.

Any ideas?

[Ewok Droppings]

The album probably sucks and nobody would buy it anyways.

[IanTheCool]

Soon we will be longing for the days of anarchy internet.

[Steve from Indy]

Who gives a smelly ****? No reason to think they still don't suck ass or that Axl Rose has learned how to sing.

[Where's my elephant?]

The album probably sucks and nobody would buy it anyways.

Exactly. I'll care when Axl returns with Guns N Roses and not the "in name only" GNR. Without Slash, what's the point?

[jbailey84]

Exactly. I'll care when Axl returns with Guns N Roses and not the "in name only" GNR. Without Slash, what's the point?
its like the Smashing Pumpkins, without James Iha and D'Arcy, whats the point? sure its Billy and um, damn i forgot the drummers name, its still not SP.

[Where's my elephant?]

Yeah, it was just Zwan with different members.

[EnderDeschain]

Most of that leaked **** is pretty awesome. If Axl would just call the band by some other name, it'd cut back on a lot of the negative **** people feel about it. I just think of it as a whole new band, and as such I'm interested to see what he'll come up with. Slash was a lot of G-N-R, and so was Duff McKagan, but even Slash said himself in his book that Guns wouldn't have been Guns without Axl. Just 'cuz Axl's too big a dick to admit that about the rest of the members doesn't mean it won't be worth a ****. Slash and Duff did pretty good with Velvet Revolver, why are people not willing to give Axl the same benefit of the doubt? Just 'cuz he kept the name? Whoop-de-****, that has nothing to do with the music.

[jbailey84]

GN'R 'Chinese Democracy' Leaker Asks For Financial Aid -

RollingStone.com reports that Kevin Cogill, the blogger who was arrested by the FBI last week for leaking nine unreleased Guns N' Roses tracks, has broken his silence on his web site.

In a new post, Cogill reveals that he has retained the services of attorney David J.P. Kaloyanides, who works with "many indigent clients who cannot afford to hire their own lawyer," according to his web site. Cogill has set up a PayPal account on his site to raise funds for his defense. He also plans on auctioning his Gibson Les Paul BFG guitar.


"[Battling these charges] has definitely been by far the biggest expense I have ever faced in my entire life," he writes. "My resources are very limited while formidable costs shall continue to pile up. It’s beyond daunting, being a single independent citizen facing a full-force prosecution by the most powerful government in the world." If convicted Cogill faces a possible five-year prison sentence and a $250,000 fine. A preliminary hearing is booked for September 17.

Read more from RollingStone.com.

Ex-Guns N' Roses and current Velvet Revolver lead guitarist Slash slammed Cogill in a recent interview, telling the Los Angeles Times, "I hope he rots in jail. It's going to affect the sales of the record, and it's not fair. The Internet is what it is, and you have to deal with it accordingly, but I think if someone goes and steals something, it's theft."

Cogill was charged under a three-year-old federal anti-piracy law that makes it a felony to distribute a copyrighted work on computer networks before its release. He was released on $10,000 bail.

Assistant U.S. attorney Craig Missakian, who pursued the case with the FBI and recording industry, said, "In the past, these may have been viewed as victimless crimes. But in reality, there's significant damage."

Cogill posted the songs at a web site called Antiquiet, where they were available for public access. The site crashed from the amount of traffic it received once word of the leaked tracks got out. Cogill took them down again after he was contacted by representatives of Guns N' Roses.

The tracks were allegedly taken from the band's yet-to-be-released "Chinese Democracy" album. Cogill, who used to work in distribution for the group's record label, says he received them from an anonymous source.

Guns N' Roses issued a statement saying, "Though we don't support this guy's actions at that level, our interest is in the original source. We can't comment publicly at this time as the investigation is ongoing."

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