It was bound to happen sooner or later. Eminem’s publisher is suing Apple for selling 70-80 songs without permission. Apple has an agreement with Universal Music Group who owns the recordings, but has no deal with publishers who own the rights to the score and lyrics. Not good Apple. Access Hollywood reports:
In the suit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Detroit, Eminem’s
music publisher Eight Mile Style and copyright manager Martin
Affiliated seek more than $75,000 for copyright infringement, unfair
competition and a violation of the Michigan consumer protection act.
The suit also asks for damages of up to $150,000 per infringement — or each time a song is downloaded.
Basically they could have put "a shithouse full of cash" when listing the damages they are seeking because that amount per infringement would be monumental. Is it time to dump the iPods once everyone else starts suing them for this?
This also isn’t the first dust up the two entities have had with each other:
Eight Mile Style also sued Apple in 2004 for copyright infringement.
That lawsuit alleged that Apple used Eminem’s "Lose Yourself" in
commercial TV ads for its iTunes music store. The case was settled out
of court.
Ya think Apple would have dotted the ‘i’s and crossed the ‘t’s better after that, but I guess some people never learn.
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