Culver City Man in Trouble for Posting Unreleased Guns N' Roses Songs

He was arrested on suspicion of violating federal copyright laws, although no one knows how he got his info, reported L.A. Times reporter Scott Glover.

A Web site, so busy that it crashed, got Kevin Cogill, 27, in trouble for posting upcoming songs of the album, Chinese Democracy, on his Web site, Antiquiet.

While blogging these things in June, he also said, "Leak or no leak, I said that the only way the album would be a net success would be if the music was good enough to move units for years to come," according to latimes.com. The illegal action caught up with him this morning.

The consequences for pre-release pirates can be as bad as time in prison. Online investigations are getting more serious due to the illegal distribution of artists' work for extra money. Cogill learned that today.

"Cogill, who is appearing today in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, is the first to be charged under the new federal statute in the West, said Kathy Leodler, director of investigations for the RIAA's Western region office in L.A.," according to latimes.com.

Maybe other pirates will see the severity of federal copyright laws.