Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Blogger Arrested for Leaking Songs from Unreleased Guns N' Roses Album


From Citizen Media Law Project:
Kevin Cogill, a blogger on Antiquiet, a site that provides "uncensored music reviews and interviews," was arrested August 27, 2008 at his home near Los Angeles on suspicion of violating federal copyright law after he allegedly posted nine songs from the unreleased -- and highly-anticipated -- Guns N' Roses album "Chinese Democracy."

The original complaint charges charges that he "knowingly and willfully distributed a copyrighted work being prepared for commercial distribution, namely nine previously unreleased songs by the band Guns n' Roses, by making the songs available on a computer network accessible to members of the public."