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Blogger busted for leaking Chinese Democracy

Atlanta August 29, 2008 | 8:14 AM Categories: News, Rock/Pop

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guns n roses.jpgAccording to an Associated Press report federal authorities say they have arrested a blogger suspected of streaming songs from Guns N' Roses' ridiculously long over due unreleased album, Chinese Democracy, on the website www.antiquiet.com.

FBI agents arrested 27-year-old Kevin Cogill (A.K.A. Skwerl) on Wednesday morning (Aug. 27th) on suspicion of violating federal copyright laws. Federal authorities say Cogill posted nine unreleased Guns N' Roses songs on his website in June.

Sadly, the songs have been removed from the site. But after almost 14 years of Axl Roses' antics nothing could possibly live up to the hype surrounding this record, which still has no formal release date.

Even way back in 2003 the Offspring made a joke that they were going to call their forthcoming album Chinese Democracy (You Snooze, You Lose), but it was just an April Fools day hoax. Regardless, that was 2003 and the record's continually delayed release was already a joke back then.

Back to Skwerl. According to an arrest affidavit, he admitted to the Feds that he posted the songs on his site back in June. Why the Feds decided to take him down now remains a mystery, if not a convenient means of generating publicity for good old G'nR in whatever mutated form the group currently exists.

One of Skwerl's fellow Antiquiet bloggers, who goes y the name Johnny Firecloud posted a justifiably Orwellian response to the arrest this morning.

Skwerl was released today on a signature bond of $10,000, which is a fare cry from the prosecutions initial request for a $50,000 bond.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 17th at 4:30 p.m. and the arraignment for Sept. 22nd at 8:30 a.m. Both will be at the U.S. District Court Building at 255 E. Temple Street, Third Floor, in Downtown Los Angeles.

For more coverage, check out Creative Loafing.

29 Comments

Does anyone really care about GNR anymore? Axel's voice it toast and Chinese Democracy has taken like 50 years and is still apparently a piece of crap. GNR should be happy that anyone cared anough to leak this auditory turd on the unsuspecting public. At least they're getting press...not that anyone cares enough to read it.

Does anyone really care about GNR anymore? Axel's voice is toast and Chinese Democracy has taken like 50 years and is still apparently a piece of crap. GNR should be happy that anyone cared anough to leak this auditory turd on the unsuspecting public. At least they're getting press...not that anyone cares enough to read it.

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