The FBI said it arrested a man who admitted uploading songs from ...
The FBI said it arrested a man who admitted uploading songs from an unreleased Guns N’ Roses album to his Web site. Nine songs from Chinese Democracy, the band’s first original album since 1991, were posted to Antiquiet.com by…
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Kevin Cogill, 27, known online as Skwerl, according to the indictment. Cogill appeared Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles just after his arrest. He can be sentenced to as much as three years in federal prison -- five if it’s proved that he posted the songs to make money. The judge set a $10,000 “signature bond,” requiring Cogill to post that amount or stay in the L.A. area until his next court date. Prosecutors wanted $50,000 bail and Cogill’s lawyer asked for $5,000, Antiquiet.com said. The judge said he had recommended that Cogill be summoned to appear, not arrested, and he rejected prosecutors’ request to forbid Cogill to use the Internet, the post at Antiquiet.com said. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 17 and an arraignment Sept. 22, the post said. The RIAA, which helped the investigation into Cogill’s activities, declined to comment.