Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy Leaker 'To Plead Guilty'

Kevin Cogill, the man accused of leaking nine songs by Guns N’ Roses on the Internet, has agreed to a plea bargain, according to US media reports.

The 27-year-old, who was arrested by the FBI in August, has apparently agreed to plead guilty to one federal count of copyright infringement.

Cogill originally pleaded not guilty to violating copyright law at a hearing in October. He will enter his new plea in court next month, according to Wired.

The FBI launched an investigation in June after Cogill posted the songs on his website, Antiquiet.

The leak included six tracks that had appeared before in unfinished form and three songs - 'Rhiad and the Bedouins', 'If the World' and an unnamed track – that were all apparently new productions.

Cogill, who removed the tracks shortly after posting them, could have caused a "significant" profit loss for the band, prosecutors claim.

'Chinese Democracy'

As previously reported on Gigwise, Guns N' Roses new album 'Chinese Democracy' will be released on November 23rd in the US.

The album, which has been nearly fourteen years in the making and is reported to have cost frontman Axl Rose $2million, is only available in Best Buy stores.

The album is out in the UK on November 24th. Click HERE to see the tracklisting.

CLICK HERE to see what Guns N' Roses missed during the foureen years it took to make the album.