Kevin Cogill, the
Antiquiet proprietor who was arrested earlier this week for leaking nine songs from Guns N' Roses' eternally delayed
Chinese Democracy, is out on $10,000 bond, and there's a bounty on his head from none other than ex-Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash: "I hope he rots in jail," the curly-haired guitarist told the
Los Angeles Times. "It's going to affect the sales of the record, and it's not fair." Whether or not Cogill does "rot" in jail (and pay fines, and possible civil damages) rests on the court's interpretation of the the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005, which makes the pre-release dissemination of even one song a felony. The act hasn't been used much; one notable occurrence of its enforcement came when two people who leaked Ryan Adams'
Jacksonville City Nights before its street date were subsequently sentenced to two months of house arrest and two years probation. But lawyers that the
Times spoke to hinted that Cogill's punishment could be a bit harsher, thanks to the continued bottom-line hit that the biz has been taking.
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