Looks like more trouble for those bloggers who leak MP3s. Kevin Cojill from the site Antiquiet was arrested last week on suspicion of violating copyright laws for leaking nine unreleased Guns 'N' Roses songs. His bail was set at $10,000.

Jodifur from Mamapop weighs in on the controversy:

Look, I'm not pro music stealing or anything, but $10,000? I think our priorities are a little out of a whack when a music streaming blogger is stuck in jail and murderers and rapists are released on the own recognizance. Got to love the federal sentencing guidelines.... The U.S. Attorney actually asked for $50,000, his attorney asked for $5,000, he got $10,000.

According to Rolling Stone, Cogill has revealed on his website that he has "retained the services of attorney David J.P. Kaloyanides, who works with “many indigent clients who cannot afford to hire their own lawyer." He has also set up a PayPal account to raise money for his legal fees. If Cogill is convicted he faces a $250,000 fine and a possibly five years in prison. Hearing stories of bloggers getting arresting for leaking music, and facing stiff penalties, even prison sentences makes me even more apprehensive about ever having downloadable music on my own site. Right now, I'm only linking to legal MP3s provided by sites such as Last.FM and iLike, where you can stream a song a number of times before you are prompted to purchase it. Still, it feels like something is lacking. Maybe it's lacking all around. Carrie Brownstein of Monitor Mix admits that finding something blogworthy in music world is hard when all the best stories are coming from the political arena:

For example, you spend the weekend talking with your friends about Sarah Palin and about how annoying it is that anyone would think that women are dumb enough to vote for her because of her gender. Then it turns out that Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter is pregnant, and that she has to marry the father of the baby! Somehow, the release of a new Metallica single doesn't inspire the same sense of shock and awe.

She does, however go on to say how her Battle of the Bands post nabbed her an invitation to see Mike Huckabee's band, Capitol Offense, play at the Republican National Convention. Of course, she had a few reservations:

Potentially disliking Capitol Offense is not really on the same level as not liking a friend's band... you realize that you might have to outright lie. They ask, "Did you like it"? (First of all, why would anyone ask that?) And then you don't want to, but you hear yourself lying, "Yes." It feels awful.

Not as awful as it might feel to spend time in jail for leaking Gun 'n' Roses tracks, I'd imagine.