Ryan Adams fans indicted for posting songs

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Ryan Adams fans indicted for posting songs

"A pair of apparent Ryan Adams fans ran afoul of a new law making it a crime to publish songs before their release to the general public when they made portions of the singer's latest album available on a Web site frequented by his fans, federal authorities said Thursday.......The indictments are believed to be the first under the prerelease provision of the 2005 FECA law. The men are alleged to have posted portions of Adams' "Jacksonville City Nights" on a fan Web site about a month before its official release last September..." [Reuters] (thx J)

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Posted on March 13, 2006 9:04 AM

Comments (9)

tards

Posted by franny | March 13, 2006 10:10 AM

Im hoping that they are being liberal with the word 'portions' and really mean whole tracks. If they are indicting two dudes for posting 30 second snippets, they would be truly out of their minds.

Posted by Reggie | March 13, 2006 10:18 AM

this is retarded.

Posted by cranky | March 13, 2006 10:42 AM

they are, they leaked the whole tracks

Posted by Anonymous | March 13, 2006 10:55 AM

Only Ryan Adams could have fans who are bigger douchebags than he is.

Posted by Anonymous | March 13, 2006 11:56 AM

BUSTED

Posted by katie, a princess | March 13, 2006 3:43 PM

GAY. i usually don't use that word with a negative implication but i think it's appropriate here.

Posted by Anonymous | March 13, 2006 9:32 PM

GAY. i usually don't use that word with a negative implication but i think that it's appropriate here.