There's been a lot of debate on Threat Level recently about what's a federal crime and what is not when it comes to file sharing copyrighted music on the internet.
A 27-year-old California man, Kevin Cogill, of Culver City, learned the hard way Wednesday. While he certainly isn't the first, he was arrested at his house near Los Angeles by the FBI on accusations of uploading nine unreleased Guns N' Roses songs.
If convicted, he faces a maximum three years imprisonment under the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005.
The songs were released on Antiquiet, a music blog Cogill is said to operate. It is not known where he got the recordings.
Hat tip: Los Angeles Times
Photo: dave1968/Flickr
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