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July 21, 2009

Guns N' Roses Leaker Gets Probation; Will Star in Anti-Piracy PSA Ads...

The charge was reduced to a misdemeanor reportedly after Cogill agreed to appear in anti-piracy public service announcements produced by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

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#1 Kimberly says:

If I were in his position, I'd do anything to avoid the $300,000+ fine, too. But, that's got to be the worst punishment: forcing someone to participate in something they obviously don't believe in? (He clearly doesn't have any anti-piracy sentiments.) If he'd gotten community service, instead, like most people, well, he's more likely to believe in cleaning the environment or helping the elderly so it wouldn't have been as bad as a PSA.

#2 Elliot says:

Yea. These ads should be a good laugh. Instead of spending money on Anti-piracy psa ads, the RIAA should use it on developing new business models to use the p2p platform for creating more profits for artists rather than taking it from artist revenue to fund expensive lawyer fees who lose money from penny transactions.