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Report: Eminem sues Apple for copyright infringement
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Eminem's music publishers have not given Apple permission to offer the artist's music for download, according to the report in Tuesday's paper, although Eminem's music is available through the Apple's iTunes Store.
Apple pays a portion of the revenue it collects from Eminem downloads to Universal Music Group, which distributes the music, but not to Eminem's publishers, the News reported. Eight Mile Style and Martin Affiliated, the companies representing Eminem, demand that Apple stop offering downloads.
The newspaper suggested that the problem is caused by the confusion over who owns the rights to downloads. Apparently, Eminem is asserting that record companies do not hold these rights exclusively.
Eminem has tangled in court with Apple before. Eight Mile Style and Martin Affiliated sued Apple in 2004 over the rapper's song "Lose Yourself," which Apple used in a TV commercial. The case was settled out of court.
Owen Sloane of Berger Kahn, an entertainment lawyer who has represented such artists as Steve Winwood, Barry Manilow and Stevie Nicks, said that he expects more entertainers will go to court to demand a larger slice of the digital pie. Music publishers have also expressed dissatisfaction at the way music royalties are distributed.
"All the publishers are rankled that they have to go after the record labels to collect their fees," Sloan said. "Sometimes these fees may not be accounted for properly. The publishers would prefer to collect directly from the source instead of the labels."
Apple did not respond to an interview request.
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Apple. There must be more to this story. Suing Apple accomplishes nothing, zero,
nada (unless). Suing Universal gives the artists the power, and control they rightfully
deserve.
We are all tired of greedy record companies. I bet Eminem is suing Apple to get direct
access to records that will account for the tracks sold. I think this is what the RIAA,
and MPAA have feared all along.
used all your record proceeds on a 3 year drug binge, the best way
to get your name back in the headlines is to sue someone big.
Someone who can't fire your sorry butt for being a pain.
Someone like Apple.
How pathetic - at least I got a good laugh out of this though!
The guy is quickly becoming washed up and over. He has two song styles, wacky and melancholy and the world is bored of hearing both. He is almost the age that he criticised Moby for being and still releasing music... We wouldn't want him to be a hypocrite now would we?? Oh wait, he already has been, as mentioned in the previous paragraph.
I've heard many complaints from artists who don't receive as much from online sales as they do from CD's.
Just a guess. What do u guys think?
It looks to me...that the PUBLISHING CO. is tired of "chasing" the RECORD CO. (UNIVERSAL) for it's share of the royalities.
In these contracts....there is a section that REQUIRES the accounting of ALL ROYALTIES PAID.
In other words..The Publisher of EMNEM songs can already request in most cases..up to TWICE a year a forensic accounting of monies collected from APPLE, paid to UNIVERSAL to ASCERTAIN if they're getting their agreeded upon royality rate.
What I'm getting from this story is that; the PUBLISHER wants to change the prior agreement with UNIVERSAL and now, wants to get a DIRECT accounting from APPLE...instead of UNIVERSAL.
I personally think that's a very SMART MOVE on EMNEM'S behalf. Also...it's a very easy thing to do...I wonder why this sort oF accounting WASN'T implemented when the idea first came up to sell songs to APPLE for DOWNLOAD. (A MUCH different aninal from those who asked about suing a Mortar and Brick business such as, WALMART)
The earlier ENMEN lawsuit against APPLE...has NOTHING to do with what's going on now.
again. This is a lawyers wet dream. Come on, this has got to be the
biggest shame, scam since the Bush-Chaney Iraq-a-palooza Tour.
- It's only RAP crap anyway
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by GrandpaN1947
August 5, 2007 3:34 PM PDT
- Watch the greedy trying to force music buyers into paying too much money for music. I think they are preparing for the day all illegal music downloading is stopped. Then they can extort an even higher price from teenagers hungry for music. The only way to stop them is to stop buying RIAA music.
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