Guns N’ Roses leaker Kevin Cogill nailed
p2pnet news view RIAA | Music:- “Skwerl got himself hauled in by the FBI today over this whole GNR/Chinese Democracy leak fiasco, which seems to mean that people take this whole copyright thing pretty seriously.”
That’s Johnny Firecloud on Antiquiet.
“We weren’t going to make a big spectacle of this, since it’s obviously a pretty serious situation, but the plankton hacks over at the Los Angeles Times managed to pick up on the story and run it a highly suspicious impressive two hours after the incident went down,” he says, “So here we are.”
Two hours after it went down, huh? Hmmm.
Wonder who could’ve (would’ve?) told the LA Times?
“A man accused of posting nine previously unreleased songs by the rock band Guns N’ Roses on a website where they could be accessed by the public was arrested at his home early today on suspicion of violating federal copyright laws, authorities said,” says the story in question.
“Kevin Cogill, 27, is accused of posting the songs, which were being prepared for commercial release, on the Internet blog Antiquiet in June, according to an arrest affidavit. The site received so much traffic after the songs were posted that it crashed, the affidavit states.
“Cogill admitted to posting the songs when he was questioned by an FBI agent, according to the affidavit. He was arrested at his home in Culver City this morning and is expected to appear in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles later today, said Assistant U.S. Atty. Craig Missakian.”
The case was slated for 2:00 pm at LA District Court on 255 E. Temple and obviously, by 2:25 Pacific, there’d been no updates —- not that we could find, at any rate.
But, “In all likelihood, he’ll be back fighting the good fight from his couch by this evening,” says Antiquiet.
It’s good to see the LA Police department doing such a fine job on behalf of Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony BMG and their RIAA.
Well done, lads.
That is indeed Chinese democracy for you.
Meanwhile, “Okay,” says G4TV.
“Great. You win.
“So when the hell is Chinese Democracy finally coming out, Axl!?!?”
Stay tuned.
GNR/Chinese Democracy leak – New Guns N’ Roses online leak, May 8, 2008
Antiquiet – Abbie Hoffman, Where Are You?, August 29, 2008
Los Angeles Times – Blogger arrested, accused of posting 9 unreleased Guns N’ Roses songs
G4TV – Guns N’ Roses blogger arrested, August 27, 2008
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August 27th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
And yet, if they just went ahead and released the damn album already, this wouldn’t be an issue. It’s not just about money; people are sick of accessing music on the Big 4’s terms. Why wait god-knows-how-long for the official release date, when they could just as easily release it now? If they’re not going to provide it, we’ll provide it ourselves.
August 27th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Your site has ads for some nasty spyware, according to McAfee. You (quite rightly) report on the riaa stitching up people, yet you are willing to do the same for money??
Don’t click on the ads people! Here’s the SiteAdvisor verdict:
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August 27th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
The McAfee thing is BS. Its because of the programs that are advertised in the ads. There are nothing wrong with any of the ads on the site. Never had a problem and Im on this site several times a day every day.
Axl just needs to release the cd already. Or just let people trade recordings of the songs free on the net like some bands are doing.
August 28th, 2008 at 7:40 am
@ Readers Write : You speak like you are certain the album is finished and its being held by the record company. I think the album should be released when its ready, I mean when the artists think its ready. As much as I don’t give a damn about GnR (and especially Axl). I have heard so many bootlegs of unfinished album that sounded so much like crap that I prefer waiting for the real finished one. The RIAA has nothing to do with this one.
But hey, if you prefer downloading badly-mixed/non-mastered/unfinished records, go ahead!!
August 29th, 2008 at 12:03 am
The point here is why going after the weakest?
I’m against this because they should go after the person WHO LEAKED the song not after THE ONE WHO POSTED IT.
Perhaps a fine would be right and period. Go after who obtained the song and gave it to this guy, but a complete Federal agency against a poor blogger?, … c’mon!!!!
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:54 am
i still think it will end with a fine (and maybe a small one), but he will have to pay a LOT to a lawyer to protect him.
http://www.piracyisacrime.org/In-The-Courtroom/updated-information-about-guns-n-roses-leak.html
read the complaint and see the timeline in that link