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Eminem’s Publishing Company Files Copyright Lawsuit Against Meta

Eminem's publishing company Eight Mile Style filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Meta over licensing.

“Despite their not being licensed, the recordings of the Eight Mile Compositions have been reproduced and synchronized with visual content on Meta ’s platforms across millions of videos, which have been viewed billions of times,” the complaint claims. “Meta’s years-long and ongoing infringement of the Eight Mile Compositions is another case of a trillion (with a ‘T’) dollar company exploiting the creative efforts of musical artists for the obscene monetary benefit of its executives and shareholders without a license and without regard to the rights of the owners of the intellectual property.” In September, a Tennessee judge ruled that while Spotify did not have the proper streaming license, as the publisher claimed, any imposed penalties would have fallen on Kobalt Music Group, a royalty collection agency.

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