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A court found Pitchfork Records owner Michael Cohen not guilty of selling a bootleg CD, but he still can't get around 600 CDs seized by police back.


A court found Pitchfork Records owner Michael Cohen Michael Cohen may refer to:
  • Michael Cohen (doctor), Doctor of Dental Medicine who first identified Proteus Syndrome.
  • Michael D. Cohen, co-founder of the Garbage Can Model
  • Michael Cohen (actor), Canadian actor
 not guilty of selling a bootleg CD, but he still can't get around 600 CDs seized seized (seised) n. 1) having ownership, commonly used in wills as "I give all the property of which I die seized as follows:...." 2) having taken possession of evidence for use in a criminal prosecution. 3) having taken property or a person by force. (See: seisin, seizure)  by police back. In asking for the albums, Cohen cohen
 or kohen

(Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male.
 agreed that some of them were bootlegs and selling them would be illegal. He says he wants them back for his personal collection, but the Massachusetts Supreme Court has ruled that even possessing such CDs is illegal. If the ruling stands, the CDs will be destroyed.
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Title Annotation:Brickbats
Author:Oliver, Charles
Publication:Reason
Date:Feb 1, 2007
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