Blogger arrested for leaking Guns N' Roses tracks

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FBI take Kevin Cogill into custody

Aug 28, 2008
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The blogger suspected of leaking tracks from Guns N Roses' forthcoming album 'Chinese Democracy' was arrested in Los Angeles today (August 27).

FBI agents took 27-year-old Kevin Cogill into custody on suspicion of violating federal copyright laws. He later appeared in court, where his bail was set at $10,000.

Cogill admitted to posting nine unreleased Guns N Roses songs on his website in June, according to an arrest affidavit, reports the Associated Press.

He has been ordered to return to court for a preliminary hearing on the matter set for September 17. Prosecutors claim that the leak may have caused "significant" financial losses for the band.

Guns N Roses have not yet issued a statement on the matter.

--By our Los Angeles staff.
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Brendalove

Aug 28, 2008

Well things like this tend to happen when you wait 14 years to release an album. I have the leaked tracks, they're okay but not worth 14 years wait. I'll still buy it when it comes out, and I hate myself for it.

whatawasteoftime

Aug 28, 2008

I heard those tracks... they're bloody awful. Utter cheese. They would have sounded dated even if they had been released 15 years ago. What a load of old shite.

callaby

Aug 29, 2008

i agree with wasteoftime, the tracks are really dated. and they are drowned by the over production. i think guns n roses really lost their edge after appetite.