gearfuse (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Remember Kevin Cogill? He’s the Guns N’ Roses fan that leaked Chinese Democracy songs early and now is paying big time for it. His favorite band hates him and to top it all off he’s facing five years jail time just for promoting Guns N’ Roses’ latest album. Now Kevin has agreed to a plea bargain [...]
Cnet (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Sharing nine songs from the upcoming Guns N' Roses album could cost Kevin Cogill a year in prison.
Cnet (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Sharing nine songs from the upcoming Guns N' Roses album could cost Kevin Cogill a year in prison.
Pulse2 (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
“I hope he rots in jail,” stated Slash, former Guns N’ Roses guitarist. “It’s going to affect the sales of the record, and it’s not fair. The Internet is what it is, and you have to deal with it accordingly, but I think if someone goes and steals something, it’s theft.” Kevin Cogill is a music blogger that [...]
Information Week (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Los Angeles music blogger Kevin Cogill is accused of releasing Guns N' Roses songs online before their commercial release.
The Blog Herald (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Kevin Cogill, probably more known as Skwerl over at music blog Antiquiet, where he leaked 9 Guns n’ Roses songs from the upcoming album Chinese Democracy, was arrested by the FBI this morning. According to the blog, the FBI picked him up early, and Antiquiet had decided not to make a big deal about it, [...]
France24 (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Kevin Cogill, a US blogger, has been arrested by the FBI for putting songs, from the long-awaited next Guns'N'Roses album "Chinese Democracy", online. Known on the web as "Skerwl", he faces a five-year jail sentence.
Digital Media Wire (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
Los Angeles - A blogger who posted nine unreleased songs from rock band Guns N' Roses' 14-years-in-the-making "Chinese Democracy" album was arrested at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday morning, on suspicion of violating federal copyright laws, the Los Angeles Times reported. Kevin Cogill, a 27-year-old who operates the blog Antiquiet, posted the songs online in June, but removed them shortly thereafter...
