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SigEx Ventures : Eminem sues Apple for copyright infringement
by Delia Cruceru

Rapper artist Eminem sued Apple again. First time Eight Mile Style and Martin Affiliated, the companies representing Eminem, sued Apple because they used the rapper's song "Lose Yourself," in a TV commercial for Apple's iTunes music store. Now they filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit against Apple over iTunes downloads in U.S. District Court in Detroit, alleging that Apple allowed unauthorized downloads of Eminem's song from iTunes onto iPods. "Eight Mile and Martin have demanded that Apple cease and desist its reproduction and distribution and Apple has refused,'' the complaint alleges. There is confusion in the music industry about who owns the rights for downloading. Owen Sloane, the rapper's lawyer told that many lawsuits like this will come in the future, if artists and record labels would not set an agreement that would enable publishers to gain the final say on whether an artist's work can be distributed online. Many music publishers have expressed their disagreement about the 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."

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by Delia Cruceru for SigEx Ventures (http://sigexventures.com)

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