Thursday, July 16, 2009
Music news Chinese Democracy leaker sentenced
Posted by Chad Radford @ChadRad on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Word came down this week that Chinese Democracy leaker Kevin "Skwerl" Cogill will be sentenced to one year of probation, seven months after pleading guilty to leaking songs from Guns n’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy before it was officially released. But probation isn't all. Cogill's sentence also includes a solid to two months of home confinement, and he's been ordered to record a public service announcement for the RIAA.
This week Cogill also told Rolling Stone Magazine's Rock and Roll Daily that he prefers to see the PSA he has to record as being “pro-artist” as opposed to an “anti-piracy” message. He will also be subjected to having his computers scrutinized by the government.
At any rate, it's better than the year of prison time he was facing had he not plead guilty and let the case go to trial.
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