A blogger suspected of streaming songs from the eternally unreleased Guns N' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" on his web site was arrested. After appearing in court, his bail was set at $10,000, the approximate sales for the album if it ever came out.FBI agents arrested Kevin Cogill on suspicion of violating federal copyright laws. Federal authorities say Cogill posted nine unreleased Guns N' Roses songs on his Web site in June before they were later removed. In later posts, he wrote that the FBI had questioned him and asked his readers if any of them knew a good attorney. He was represented by a federal public defender.
Prosecutors said Wednesday the leak could result in a "significant" financial loss for the band. I don't think so. Remember all that hype about a certain film franchise that came back with a trilogy of new films after almost 20 years? Yeah, that's "Chinese Democracy" - hype, pure and simple.
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