Last December, blogger Kevin Cogill pled guilty to violating federal copyright laws after he was busted for posting nine songs from Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy album on the Internet. Yesterday, Cogill was sentenced to two months of home confinement, one year of probation, and he's required to appear in an anti-piracy PSA.
While house arrest might seem like a dream come true for a blogger, in reality, this is the stiffest punishment anyone has ever received for leaking music (not to be confused with downloading music, which the R.I.A.A. loves to punish). But that's not to say there haven't been consequences for being the first to put unreleased music out there. So before you publish that next blog post with an exclusive track, check out these 5 Notable Consequences For Leaking Music, and realize that what you gain in hits might cost you elsewhere...
