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05/10/2005, 11:25am, EDT

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Eminem settles with Apple over copyright claims

Eminem's music label has agreed to an undisclosed financial settlement with Apple in a lawsuit over copyright infringement claims. In February of 2004, Eight Mile Style, Eminem's music label, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Detroit against MTV, Apple, MTV's parent Viacom Inc. and advertising agency TBWA/Chiat/Day, claiming that Apple used one of his hit songs in an advertisement without permission, according to The Associated Press: "The parties were able to reach an amicable resolution," Howard Hertz, a lawyer for Eight Mile Style and Eminem, while Elizabeth McNamara, a lawyer for MTV and Viacom, said Monday that the case was "amicably resolved." However, all parties declined to provide any further comment.


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Hey M&M ...
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05/10, 11:36am, EDT
... go lose yourself.
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re: Hey M&M ...
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05/10, 12:14pm, EDT
As much as I'm not a fan of eminem, I think that he and his label had every right to file this suit. Chiat used his copyrighted lyrics without permission, or licensing. Last I checked, that's the whole reason these piracy laws began in the first place.... so "the man" couldn't rip off the artists....

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I'd be amicable...
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05/10, 12:15pm, EDT
...if I had a settlement (i.e. ca$h).
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re: Hey M&M
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05/10, 12:27pm, EDT
he'll go lose himself alright.. a big wad of cash is easy to get lost in! LOL! Go Em!! Go Marshall!! Go Shady!!

Look, I love Apple just as much as everyone else here, but that doesnt always make them right. They were wrong on this one. End of story.
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Cash?
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05/10, 12:34pm, EDT
I thought this wasn't about the money, but about the principle of the matter.
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Re:Cash?
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05/10, 12:39pm, EDT
It is about the principle.

And compound interest. And dividends. And a little walking around cash.
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Principles
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05/10, 12:44pm, EDT
Show me a principled lawyer and I'll let you meet the Easter Bunny or Santa Claus in person. :)

C'mon... who's REALLY getting the money (at least most of it)? Eminem/The Record Label? Think again!

Lawsuits may be started for "the principle of the matter," but there's no "profit" for the lawyer in the defendants just getting a warning not to do it again...
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eminem sucks
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05/10, 12:54pm, EDT
his rapping is whiny and lame
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Now we know...
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05/10, 1:29pm, EDT
why didn't get any price breaks on the "new" Powermacs. Buy a G5, bucks to eminem.

And don't think HE is going to get any money... remember, it's the label that generally holds the copyright, not the artist.
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principled lawyers
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05/10, 1:50pm, EDT
person man- i actually know a few. so, where are they?!? ;)
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