Comments on: Guns N' Roses song leaker sentenced, probe continues

Kevin Cogill avoids jail time after agreeing to tell authorities where he obtained songs he uploaded to his Web site.

[twburger]

The irony is that Kevin Cogill is probably the most successful promoter of the 'Chinese Democracy' album and the RIAA its greatest hindrance - I'm not buying (or downloading) the 'CD' CD. Welcome to the jungle.

[lkrupp]

twburger posted: "The irony is that Kevin Cogill is probably the most successful promoter of the 'Chinese Democracy' album and the RIAA its greatest hindrance - I'm not buying (or downloading) the 'CD' CD. Welcome to the jungle."

Another thief slithers out of its hole to hiss at the RIAA, then crawls back in.

[d4nowar]

Ignoring his main point - classy.

The album got wayy more publicity from being leaked, just like every other album that was and will be leaked. The only problem is that the album is no good, so no one bought it. The RIAA only got angry because their false publicity for it was revealed with the leak. OOPS.

[Sausagebiscuit]

Another troll crawls out from his cave to call someone a thief without proof, and then crawls back in.

Hint: Copyright Infringement != Theft.

[rmullen0]

The RIAA should be thrown in jail for publishing music as horrible as Guns N' Roses.

They should have sent is @ss to prison for being a snitch. I mean, what is this **** with pushing the heat on someone else after you get caught up for being a dumb@ass? Puss! I hope his computer overheats burning him and his house down!

[rocknroller2003]

The funny thing is the Leaked Tracks sounded better than the Album. AXL just kept playing with them till there was hardly anything to salvage. F the RIAA. Not because they are against downloading - but because of their gestapo/ police state / running man tactics. I do believe Daemon Killian is the new CEO for them.

[Neely2005]

First off was it really so hard to post a picture of the Actual Album Cover instead of some obscure Tour Poster from before the album was even released?

Also to all those who say Chinese Democracy hasn't sold - It was Certified Platinum within a couple months of being released. In todays music stealing society that's pretty impressive. Especially considering that the album was Only available at Best Buy and the band did no promotion whatsoever for the album.

[Sausagebiscuit]

Copyright Infringement is not theft or stealing.

Since this album sold so well, I guess all these bad bad people Infringing on Copyrights must be stopped at all costs. I mean, they only sold 1,000,000 units "within a couple months of being released."

BTW, the album had lots of other press promotion. They pretty much pissed off all of China.

[Neely2005]

Call it want you want but we both know that downloading music without paying for it is stealing. The only people who argue over this are the ones that are trying to justify their stealing.

I said "The Band" did no promotion.

[0ri0n]

Whoever defends the RIAA, as if they aren't also the criminals, really has no clue about them at all.

[Neely2005]

That doesn't justify stealing music.

[sanenazok]

@0ri0n: Let he who have no sin cast the first stone.

[Neely2005]

Nice attempt at Deflection to justify stealing music.

[sanenazok]

This guy did the right thing: he did something wrong (leaked music), but then cut a deal AND he grassed on whoever was on the inside who leaked the song. Jamie Thomas should have done this too - spared herself a lot of trouble.

[selloco]

The real crime is the existence of Guns N' Roses.