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.