Guns N Roses Uploader Kevin Cogill Sentenced
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As was previously reported, Los Angeles resident Kevin Cogill was arrested and pled guilty for uploading pre-release tracks from the Guns N Roses album "Chinese Democracy." GNR Daily has issued the following report about Cogill's sentencing:
A Los Angeles man who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of uploading pre-release Guns N’ Roses tracks was handed one year probation and two months’ home confinement Tuesday after agreeing to cooperate with the Recording Industry Association of America to produce an anti-piracy message.
Kevin Cogill was arrested last summer at gunpoint and charged with uploading nine tracks of the Chinese Democracy album to his music site — antiquiet.com. The album, which cost millions and took 17 years to complete, was released in November and reached No. 3 in the charts.
Cogill faced a maximum of a year in prison. The authorities, however, originally were demanding six months, claiming the amount of infringement equaled $371,000. The higher the number, the longer the potential prison term.
According to court documents, after Cogill agreed to help produce an anti-piracy public service address with the RIAA, the government withdrew the $371,000 figure and agreed not to fine him. Los Angeles federal authorities in March said the figure was a “reasonable estimate” that gave the defendant the “benefit of the doubt.” The calculations, the government said, were based on each downloaded Guns N’ Roses track being worth 99 cents on iTunes.
As part of the 28-year-old Cogill’s guilty plea in December, he informed the authorities that he received the music online and unsolicited — a confession prosecutors said might pave the way for more “targets” to be prosecuted.
Read the full article at GNR Daily.
Source: GNR Daily
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9 Comments on "Guns N Roses Uploader Kevin Cogill Sentenced"
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4. writes:
someone had to do it axel was just going to let it rot away...and the album was crap for GNR tht song better was horrible a few good parts but the songs just didnt do it for me.. im glad i downloaded this one..this is stupid no one should have to be in jail over music he didnt harm anyone and everyone who even thought about touching this crap of a record is so fuc king rich they could easily sweep it under the table and another thing this album was paritally done 13 years ago they are lucky it didnt get leaked well b4 then this is an outrage
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5. writes:
This is a load of bollocks from a record company that shouldn't care about the few dollars they lost from that.
If any bands need protecting from up/downloading, it is more minor bands such as nightrage etc., not something that reaches no.3 on the charts - this only gives people the message that only dling major bands' material will result in a lawsuit. What they need to understand is it should be more likely if they upload a smaller band's material.
Oh, and it's interesting to see the US blocking Chinese democracy spreading. I'd have thought they'd be all for it. ;)
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9. writes:
This is just plain stupid!!!!! If it were up to me, Mr. Axel wouldn't even be allowed to call this "Crap" Guns and Roses, Eddie Trunk said it best, "It's a very layered record" one has to give it a few listenings.......not gonna happen it my world!!! ......our society is more concerned with this b.s. than they are about the fine men and woman dying each day over the war in the middle east....sheesh....what the hell happened?
NP...Iron Maiden....The Nomad.
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1. KaKa writes:
"Kevin Cogill was arrested last summer at gunpoint" - seriously? For posting a few sh**ty GNR tracks? Seems a little extreme to me. sh**ty RIAA and their DMCA.