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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