LOS ANGELES - A blogger suspected of streaming songs from the unreleased Guns N' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" on his Web site was arrested Wednesday and appeared in court, where his bail was set at $10,000. ADVERTISEMENT
FBI agents arrested 27-year-old Kevin Cogill on Wednesday morning on suspicion of violating federal copyright laws. Cogill appeared in court in the afternoon in a T-shirt.
Federal authorities say Cogill posted nine unreleased Guns N' Roses songs on his Web site in June.
> LOS ANGELES - A blogger suspected of streaming songs from the > unreleased Guns N' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" on his Web site was > arrested Wednesday and appeared in court, where his bail was set at > $10,000. > ADVERTISEMENT
> FBI agents arrested 27-year-old Kevin Cogill on Wednesday morning on > suspicion of violating federal copyright laws. Cogill appeared in > court in the afternoon in a T-shirt.
> Federal authorities say Cogill posted nine unreleased Guns N' Roses > songs on his Web site in June.
OrangeSFO....too fucking stupid to realize that law enforcement involves...well...enforcing laws.
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On Aug 27, 5:07 pm, "WuzYoungOnceToo" <WuzYoungOnce...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> OrangeSFO....too fucking stupid to realize that law enforcement > involves...well...enforcing laws.
Are we in a fight for our lives or not? Because if we are, I can scarcely believe we have resources to spare to protect Axl Rose's album.
Law enforcement at all levels makes priority selections as to what kind of criminality needs policing and what kind they are too busy to pay attention to.
This indicates to me that the "War on Terror" isn't quite the air raid our Dear Leader wants us to believe it is.
> On Aug 27, 5:07 pm, "WuzYoungOnceToo" <WuzYoungOnce...@yahoo.com> > wrote:
> > OrangeSFO....too fucking stupid to realize that law enforcement > > involves...well...enforcing laws.
> Are we in a fight for our lives or not? Because if we are, I can > scarcely believe we have resources to spare to protect Axl Rose's > album.
> Law enforcement at all levels makes priority selections as to what > kind of criminality needs policing and what kind they are too busy to > pay attention to.
> This indicates to me that the "War on Terror" isn't quite the air raid > our Dear Leader wants us to believe it is.
What things indicate to you is far more a result of your own mental retardation than the nature of what you're so spasmotically rambling on about.
Simply throwing everything you've got at an issue while ignoring everything else isn't generally the intelligent way to address things.
> On Aug 27, 5:07 pm, "WuzYoungOnceToo" <WuzYoungOnce...@yahoo.com> > wrote:
> > OrangeSFO....too fucking stupid to realize that law enforcement > > involves...well...enforcing laws.
> Are we in a fight for our lives or not? Because if we are, I can > scarcely believe we have resources to spare to protect Axl Rose's > album.
> Law enforcement at all levels makes priority selections as to what > kind of criminality needs policing and what kind they are too busy to > pay attention to.
> This indicates to me that the "War on Terror" isn't quite the air raid > our Dear Leader wants us to believe it is.
> LOS ANGELES - A blogger suspected of streaming songs from the > unreleased Guns N' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" on his Web site was > arrested Wednesday and appeared in court, where his bail was set at > $10,000. > ADVERTISEMENT
> FBI agents arrested 27-year-old Kevin Cogill on Wednesday morning on > suspicion of violating federal copyright laws. Cogill appeared in > court in the afternoon in a T-shirt.
> Federal authorities say Cogill posted nine unreleased Guns N' Roses > songs on his Web site in June.
He won't be building any nuclear weapons in prison. God bless George Bush for saving us from terrorism.
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On Aug 27, 6:45 pm, "gtech1" <duanepritch...@comcast.net> wrote:
> What other laws shouldn't be enforced?
Your question is inane. I've already explained what's at issue here. The supposed threat from terrorism is advertised as so large and all encompassing that the Justice Dept and FBI HAVE IN FACT restructured resource priorities. Public corruption prosecutions (especially if you're a Republican) have been back-burnered; drug enforcement has gone lax (unless a tie to terrorism can be shown).
With all this you're telling me that the federal govt needs to go after a guy with a blog playing some music he didn't pay for?
<intangible...@yahoo.com> wrote: >On Aug 27, 6:45 pm, "gtech1" <duanepritch...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> What other laws shouldn't be enforced?
>Your question is inane. I've already explained what's at issue here. >The supposed threat from terrorism is advertised as so large and all >encompassing that the Justice Dept and FBI HAVE IN FACT restructured >resource priorities. Public corruption prosecutions (especially if >you're a Republican) have been back-burnered; drug enforcement has >gone lax (unless a tie to terrorism can be shown).
>With all this you're telling me that the federal govt needs to go >after a guy with a blog playing some music he didn't pay for?
>Please...!
Don't tell me you're one of those "music should be free" guys. Do you have any idea how badly Internet copyright infringement is impacting the music industry?
<hitmeis...@mindspring.dot.com.invalid> wrote: > Don't tell me you're one of those "music should be free" guys. Do > you have any idea how badly Internet copyright infringement is > impacting the music industry?
Do you know why the music industry has the FBI working for them?
> On Aug 28, 12:38 am, Pepe Papon > <hitmeis...@mindspring.dot.com.invalid> wrote:
>> Don't tell me you're one of those "music should be free" guys. Do >> you have any idea how badly Internet copyright infringement is >> impacting the music industry?
> Do you know why the music industry has the FBI working for them?
> Because they have a lobby in Washington.
Pretty soon all they'll have is a lounge. Bah-DUM-bum.
You can tell the number of their days by the lobbying money they spend trying to restrict the activities of their artists *and* their audiences.
It's really been a shame, the degree to which Congress has nearsightedly decided to protect the quaint, arthritic business model they've become addicted to. It can't last even with Congressional help.
> On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:18:46 -0700 (PDT), OrangeSFO > <intangible...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On Aug 27, 6:45 pm, "gtech1" <duanepritch...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>> What other laws shouldn't be enforced? >> Your question is inane. I've already explained what's at issue here. >> The supposed threat from terrorism is advertised as so large and all >> encompassing that the Justice Dept and FBI HAVE IN FACT restructured >> resource priorities. Public corruption prosecutions (especially if >> you're a Republican) have been back-burnered; drug enforcement has >> gone lax (unless a tie to terrorism can be shown).
>> With all this you're telling me that the federal govt needs to go >> after a guy with a blog playing some music he didn't pay for?
>> Please...!
> Don't tell me you're one of those "music should be free" guys. Do > you have any idea how badly Internet copyright infringement is > impacting the music industry?
It might not be right, or ethical. But it's an impossible thing to fight.
Cat's out of the bag. It has been, basically, since it became easy to duplicate things. The distribution network simply compounds the problem.
A new approach will have to be found. By the way, I *don't* know... how badly *has* Internet copyright infringement impacted the entertainment industry (not sure why you would restrict it to music, as the same stuff occurs with movies, even TV shows)?
