The man facing criminal copyright infringement charges for posting tracks from long awaited Guns N Roses album 'Chinese Democracy' online was in an LA court yesterday where he pleaded not guilty guvnor.
Despite reportedly previously admitting that he uploaded the tracks to his blog, he claims he is not guilty of the specific charges currently being made against him. If he is found guilty he could face 3-5 years in prison, depending on whether the courts feel he made any commercial gain out of the infringement.
As previously reported, after the tracks leaked online a statement from Guns N Roses said that while they didn't support Coghill's actions they were more interested in knowing how the tracks got from the studio to the blogger in the first place.
A date for Coghill's trial is tbc, though, as previously reported, a date for the long long long awaited release of 'Chinese Democracy', in the US at least, has now been announced - 25 Nov.