George Chin/WireImage.comLiving in a democracy gives you a certain amount of freedom. Screwing around with Chinese Democracy could take that freedom away.
After admitting to posting nine unreleased Guns N' Roses tracks on the Internet this summer, Kevin Cogill officially pleaded guilty Monday to one misdemeanor count of violating federal copyright law.
As part of the plea deal he cut last month, Cogill, 28, also agreed to help out with any future investigation into the leaked tunes, which were off of the highly anticipated Chinese Democracy. The years-in-the-making GNR album finally dropped Nov. 23.
Cogill told the judge that he was not seeking financial gain when he illegally posted the songs on the blog Antiquiet, but that he understood "all the attention helped."
The rueful blogger is facing a maximum sentence of one year in federal prison, a $100,000 fine and five years' probation. Sentencing is set for March 3.