A Los Angeles blogger has been arrested for allegedly sharing music online.Twenty-seven-year-old Kevin Cogill was arrested by FBI agents at his home Wednesday and charged with violating federal copyright laws. He is accused of releasing several Guns N’ Roses songs from their album Chinese Democracy before the album’s commercial release.
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Material from the long-awaited Guns N’ Roses album “Chinese Democracy” has finally been released, but the person allegedly responsible for it may end up in an American prison. Federal authorities suspect that a blogger who somehow obtained nine tracks from the officially unreleased album posted them online, and he’s facing much stiffer penalties than your typical file-sharer.“Outgrowing Homegrown: Is your in-house billing system hampering your growth?” Register to attend this webinar from Vindicia, and learn how to use recurring billing as a strategic weapon to increase revenue and overcome a common pain point faced by fast growing online businesses.No one can say what 27-year-old Kevin Cogill expected when he apparently posted nine songs from an unreleased and long-awaited Guns N’ Roses album called “Chinese Democracy” to his Web site earlier this summer. It could have been anything from monetary gain to a desire to be the first to distribute the long-anticipated songs.However, he likely didn’t expect to find the FBI at his door with an arrest warrant.
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