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Spotify Beats Eminem Publisher’s Lawsuit Over Billions of Rapper’s Streams


Spotify beat Eminem's publisher's lawsuit over song streaming. Eight Mile Style claimed the rapper's music was streamed illegally “billions” of times.

Spotify has defeated a long-running lawsuit that claimed Eminem ’s music was streamed illegally “billions” of times on the platform, winning a ruling that sharply criticized the rapper’s publisher for filing the case in the first place. In technical terms, Judge Trauger’s ruling cited the legal doctrine of equitable estoppel, which bars litigants from behaving unfairly to win advantage in court cases. Instead, she ruled that the liability would have belonged to Kobalt, because the company had signed a licensing deal with Spotify for the Eminem songs at issue and had agreed to indemnify the streamer for any such legal problems.

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