Blogger Kevin Cogill was sentenced this week to two months of home confinement and a year of probation for posting music from a yet-to-be-released Guns n Roses album. He must also appear in an anti-piracy PSA. Interestingly, Cogill is also cooperating with authorities find out who originally leaked the music - it sounds like he doesn't even know who gave him the music or where it came from.
In this technology era, it seems to be common practice to leak music on the internet before its release date - it gets fans excited about the new album and generates interest in the artist. If these leaks lead to good reviews and heightened sales, the band may not have cared as much that copyright laws were broken. However, since Cogill posted nine of the album's songs, which were poorly reviewed, and record sales were then slow, the band could have argued that Cogill not only broke copyright laws, but also caused them to lose money. It seems the judge disagreed with this point though, and ruled that Cogill only broke federal copyright laws and had no financial motive behind the postings.
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