Comments on: Any Lawyers Out There?

By: Floyd Sanders

Floyd Sanders — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:12:13 +0000

Get this guy a good lawyer! He’s innocent until proven guilty, and if anyone is guilty, it’s G&R for talking about this alleged album for over 10 years. I’ve heard of few of the tracks, and they’re garbage. Long live Slash, guitar God!!

By: Patch

Patch — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:10:03 +0000

If you consider the man-hours required to create this album, it’s not cheap. Writing the lyrics, guitar, bass, drum lines. How much time did that take? Then the time it took to perfect them through hours of rehearsal. Look at years of investment each person made in learning to sing, play guitar/bass and drums. Then the time it takes for this to all be produced. Adjusting the levels on each track to get exactly the sound they wanted.

If you had had to pay each person involved in the process just $20/hr it would cost you well into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. This is the equivalence of a warehouse full of computers, or several homes on my street. THis is worth more than the contents of my home.

Would we think the FBI was over-reacting if this Sqwerl guy stole everything from your home? All the stuff you spend years earning.

I don’t agree with making an example out of you, but I do hope you don’t make this mistake again. Sharing a song that’s already been released and the other person wasn’t going to buy anyway, is arguable in it’s cost. But, sharing several songs before they’re even released by the artist is extremely wrong.

By: pol

pol — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:26:00 +0000

it’s quite simple, actually…

i would think that when the artist has yet to profit from or even exploit his own work as it is still unreleased…this law would be enforced heavily, to the maximum extent possible…while i am impartial to all sides of this scenario, i do believe in our copyright system, as artists do deserve to get paid for their creation, and artists should have the sole “right to copy”.

By: Volevano essere gli U2be? « Dario Bonacina

Volevano essere gli U2be? « Dario Bonacina — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:58:48 +0000

[...] Credo che il fan che ha pubblicato i brani non corra i rischi di Kevin Cogill, colui che ha sbattuto in anteprima sul suo blog Antiquiet la pre-release del nuovo album dei Guns N’Roses intitolato Chinese Democracy (in preparazione da almeno una dozzina d’anni). Molti credono che si tratti di un’iniziativa di marketing per creare un hype, ossia pompare mediaticamente l’attesa per l’uscita del loro nuovo lavoro, forse opportuna dopo il lungo silenzio della band. Ma Skwerl (questo è il nickname con cui Cogill si presenta sul proprio blog), che fin da subito si è detto pronto ad assumersi le proprie responsabilità, sembra preoccupato delle conseguenze del proprio gesto (rischia la reclusione e una multina che puà arrivare a 250mila dollari) ed è in cerca di un difensore. [...]

By: Li chiameremo U2be? « Dario Bonacina

Li chiameremo U2be? « Dario Bonacina — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:51:15 +0000

[...] Secondo me il fan che ha pubblicato i brani non corre i rischi di Kevin Cogill, che ha sbattuto in anteprima sul suo blog Antiquiet la pre-release del nuovo album dei Guns N’Roses intitolato Chinese Democracy (in preparazione da almeno una dozzina d’anni). Molti credono che si tratti di un’iniziativa di marketing, per pompare l’uscita del loro nuovo lavoro, forse opportuna dopo il lungo silenzio della band. Ma Skwerl (questo è il nickname con cui Cogill si presenta sul proprio blog) sembra preoccupato delle conseguenze del proprio gesto (rischia la reclusione e una multina che puà arrivare a 250mila dollari) ed è in cerca di un difensore. [...]

By: lol

lol — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:53:05 +0000

lol@skwerl

By: Graff

Graff — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:50:03 +0000

Sorry to say, but didnt you ever think about, that what you do is wrong and chargeable?

It is known that industry is very sensitive to copyright crimes. I hope that your punishment will not be too hard, but also I hope that you´ve learned your lesson.

By: Axl eats poo

Axl eats poo — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:38:49 +0000

DAMN DUDE, you are in deep shit…..
night, night , and keep your butthole tight!

btw, the internet should be free of any laws

By: hivelozity

hivelozity — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:15:27 +0000

damn…thinkin you might be in a world of shit…not sure why some folks think anyone from gnr should comment/support you though…they owe you nothing…and while i’m not one of their fan base…the naysayers sound smallminded when they rip axl for taking time off…who the FUCK would work if they didnt have to…he’s laffin to the bank…whether you like him or not…

By: Alfred Moya » Blog Archive » Feds arrest the wrong man for posting Guns and Roses tunes

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:04:18 +0000

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