Comments on: Blogger Arrested Over Guns N' Roses Leak

Kevin Cogill Suspected Of Streaming Tracks Of Unreleased Album "Chinese Democracy"

[whatisit21]

so who did Guns ''N'' roses steal the Lyrics from? Some drunk on main street? I view the article as advertisement for the album. The guy may have been paid by Guns ''N'' Roses to post the songs. How did he get them? They give it to him?

[u-r-right]

If Axl wasn''t such a prissy crybaby, I might care.

If this were the late 1980''s and Guns N Roses were still relevant, I might care.

If their music was so different and unique from anything else out there, a different sound than that of Ratt or Poison or Kix, then I might care.

Since all of the above do not apply, I don''t care and I can guarantee this album is going to flop anyway. Sorry Axl, you waited too long and you alienated a lot of people in the process with your attitude.

[kmccliment]

10 years in the making???

Lets face it Guns and Roses SUCKKK!

[edwinljones]

The FBI protects those it wants to protect and vindictively persecutes those it wants. Steven Hatfill and myself know that oh to well. ( State of Indiana v. Edwin Jones 49G069001CF007921 )

[tootall10142]

Ill bet the songs all sound the same like chesney or brooks or even dylan. After hearing them three times you just want to frickkin die if you hear again and yes they will play it over and aver until they think it is embeded in your brain and will download ,oops i mean go out and actually spend money on a album that will flop in thirty minutes.

[Michael Arnold]

First, who cares about this washed-up bunch of losers. Second, what''s the frickin'' POLICE doing arresting someone for copyright infringement?

Oh I forgot, its the Police State at work (again)

As for me, I''m tired of seeing this ***. I''ll just stop buying ANY music.

Weasels.

[urnot]

So the U.S. Government is now using YOUR TAX MONEY to protect PRIVATE copyrights. This used to be a CIVIL matter, requiring the owners to protect their OWN PROPERTY with THEIR MONEY. Then the music industry LOBBIED the BUSH ADMINISTRATION and (miracle happens), the BUSH authoritarians said "Yes, we will now use TAXPAYER MONEY to PROTECT THE BIG MUSIC INSUSTRY.

So there you have it- The US is using YOUR TAX MONEY to protect the private property rights of big music companies. What is next? Will the government start protecting company''s PATENTS using OUR TAX MONEY? Might as well. Americans are SHEEP and just a source of MONEY for BIG CORPORATIONS getting government CORPORATE WELFARE from giveaways of TAXPAYER money.

[billpl-2009]

"And try learning to spell before you" Posted by babykilller

I really hate petty morons who pick on people''s spelling and grammar on an open Internet forum.
I''m an Internet programmer who wears reading glasses the size of binoculars. I can''t see S--t.
If it gets past spell check....it flies.
hear''s can get passed off as here''s along with a few missing the''s and to''s
....and you can suc my a ss
------------------
I''ll repeat "Music is culture NOT a commodity"
The music industry is a blood sucking media monster
they''ll *** anything to make a buck
what they do does matter
and everyone knows it
...and who was it that busted this clown?
the FBI
Hmmm...

[billpl-2009]

"...it''''s stealing...." post by sbbm

Yeah, and so is dumping Tea off a merchant ship.

Fact is, the only reason the recording industry came in be is for the "distribution" music NOT "creation".
Music is culture, not a commodity.
And thanks to technology and the Internet we don''t need them anymore.

Now if people want pay to here Axel Rose perform live, fine.
Radio stations and discos use his music to make money, fine...pay him.
Put a playpal donation on his website...maybe so.
...but pay just for the privilege to listen to him on a some recording device?....ridicules.

For the Recording Industry, two words....Printing Press.

...oh and don''t worry Axel....regardless, lot''s of money or not, the girls will still line up to pull your pants down

[cbsblogger]

If these corporations can have US citizens arrested for piracy of their product, the US citizen workers should have the power to have any employer who hires illegal immigrants arrested for piracy of US labor.

Illegal immigrants are illegal workers that employers use to save money, just as US citizens use piracy of such products to save money. The illegalities cause both sides to lose money.

[billpl-2009]

...sorta like getting arrested for giving away sewage

[nothappyatall]

As a writer and photographer I rejoice in this thief being arrested. He''''s a thief, people!
I''''ve had copyrighted material stolen so I know what it''''s like.

Posted by Gatofeo "

All true, same here!, HOWEVER, for anyone other than the music/movie industry you are on your own, ONLY the music/movie industry gets SPECIAL rights havingthe freaking FBI go out investigate and ARREST someone. Fo all others whose works are stolen, you are forced to investigate at your expense and file your own lawsuit IF you can find the perp.

So if your drawings and art are stolen and posted on the web anonymously, good luck finding the perp and suing, but if you are a RECORDING or MOVIE artist, the Govt does it all for you, what''s wrong with that special treatment for the rich music/movie industries picture while the little guy gets skrewed and NO help??

[rwsmith29456]

Doesn''t matter if the album flops. If it does it''ll be too bad for GNR, but they certainly deserve that chance without the album being pirated.

[gatofeo]

Most of you are missing the point: the theft of copyrighted material is a crime. And it''s a crime that costs artists billions of dollars worldwide, if not trillions.
As a writer and photographer I rejoice in this thief being arrested. He''s a thief, people!
I''ve had copyrighted material stolen so I know what it''s like.
Copyright means the holder of the copyright owns all rights to a written or spoken piece of work.
It takes talent, time and effort to create a work. Why should someone else be allowed to steal it and affect your business?
If you''ve ever had a copyrighted work stolen from you, you''d feel different about it, believe me.

[talk2chief]

Stealing is stealing. It''s funny how some people only apply "law" when it''s convenient, or if it directly affects them. What a bunch of idiots with moronic opinions. Unbelievable. Our gene pool needs an ***!

[dopeydoper]

What a GROSS misuse of law enforcement resources. I want to know what public servant authorized this investigation. What a JOKE.

[whitecat151]

sincityq said
"This is good... we are arresting Americans now for posting unauthorized songs about... lemme get this straight; Chinese Democracy?"

What??? You need to think a bit...

This has nothing to do with the political subject matter of the songs involved. It has to do with the songs themselves.

The point being that the Guns N'' Roses could have sung about kitties and butterflies... and this idiot stole the songs and spread them throughout the world.

Of course you didn''t think about that part.

Regards,
WC

[whitecat151]

sincityq said
"This is good... we are arresting Americans now for posting unauthorized songs about... lemme get this straight; Chinese Democracy?"

What??? You need to think a bit...

This has nothing to do with the political subject matter of the songs involved. It has to do with the songs themselves.

The point being that the Guns N'' Roses could have sung about kitties and butterflies... and this idiot stole the songs and spread them throughout the world.

Of course you didn''t think about that part.

Regards,
WC

[frigginnutz]

HELL YEAH CUT HIS HANDS OFF THE LITTLE INTERNET THEIF