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Wednesday
August 27, 2008

Up yours, Axl

Male Jim Treacher | Category: Music • Web

If you've heard any of those new Guns N' Roses songs that leaked out a few months ago, you'd better bar the door:

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.

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.

Cogill saw this coming, and even posted an appeal for legal help on his blog Monday.

Hey, here's how to be a rock star: Work on your next album for 15 freaking years, and then, if anybody's still interested in you, throw 'em in jail. See headline.


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Comments

Great minds think alike good sir.

Comment by The Arquette Sisters on August 28, 2008 2:26 PM