Thu 28 Aug 2008
The FBI just doesnt care about hip hop…..
Posted by Miss Info under Crime , Hmmm? , Life Beyond Rap , New Music[14] Comments
as much as it cares about Guns ‘N’ Roses…..
From Reuters:
“Federal officials on Wednesday arrested a man on suspicion of violating copyright laws for placing songs on the Internet from an unreleased album by rock band Guns N’ Roses.
Kevin Cogill, 27, who has no known direct affiliation with Guns N’ Roses, posted nine tracks from the band’s upcoming album “Chinese Democracy” on his Web site, said Laura Eimiller, a spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.”
um…
(looks out window for g-men… nope, nothing.)
Not like the old days.
(more of the story after the jump)
Federal officials on Wednesday arrested a man on suspicion of violating copyright laws for placing songs on the Internet from an unreleased album by rock band Guns N’ Roses.
Kevin Cogill, 27, who has no known direct affiliation with Guns N’ Roses, posted nine tracks from the band’s upcoming album “Chinese Democracy” on his Web site, said Laura Eimiller, a spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The long-awaited upcoming album from Guns N’ Roses, a hard-rocking group that came to fame in 1987 with the album “Appetite for Destruction,” is the band’s first since its 1993 release “The Spaghetti Incident?”
An FBI agent said in an affidavit that Cogill admitted to posting the tracks on the Internet at www.antiquiet.com.
Cogill removed the tracks from the Web site, but by then the songs had circulated widely, Eimiller said.
Cogill, who appeared in court on Wednesday on a charge of unlawfully leaking the songs, faces a maximum of three years in prison if convicted, and five years if it’s found that he did it for commercial gain. He was released on bail.
August 28th, 2008 at 4:54 am
man that albums been in the can for like over ten years, some say it may never come out and some have even doubted its existence, axel rose is on some Howard Hughes shit,
August 28th, 2008 at 5:53 am
Yet 50 Cent roams free..
August 28th, 2008 at 6:10 am
WOW 3 years for 9 songs???? didn’t that DJ admit to putting out Wayne’s WHOLE ALBUM????
smh
August 28th, 2008 at 10:24 am
3 years!!!!!
August 28th, 2008 at 10:27 am
didn’t this happen like 3 months ago?
August 28th, 2008 at 11:07 am
@mister man…this is not the daily news. I dont care if it happened 3 mos ago. I read about it yesterday.
August 28th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Yo I’m a producer… I work hard on my projects… For someone to leak them for personal gain is beyond dishonest but it’s also punishable in a court of law. 3 years is light considering the fact that this guy has probably made a fortune off bootleggin’. I think some fine should be added to the sentence.
August 28th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
That’s some fragernackle bullshit! The penalties are far too severe for a non-violent crime of that nature.
August 28th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
yeah don’t really care
music is so shitty these days with all of the ringtone rappers along with old rappers who only make 3 good song outa 12 on an album I say burn baby burn
August 28th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
@info… well, in your defense, the article was posted today (or yesterday; you say yesterday). I’ll give you that.
You didn’t have to come at me with the claws out, though. I’m going to need some emotional Neosporin now. hahaha
August 28th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
@missinfo…LOL…get em! I never heard about it til you posted it.
August 28th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
that just shows how well-versed YOU are, queenskid
pfft
August 28th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
@mister man….first off, sorry about that, I stay grumpy.
But second, no defense is needed. This is a blog, its not a newsfeed, nor a timeline. I just appreciate ppl coming thru and sharing opinions about things of interest.
If there’s criticism to be made, I’m all for it. As long as its relevant or constructive.
@queenskid….thank you
January 7th, 2011 at 12:52 pm
Awesome post..:)