Judge allows Eminem to sue Apple

[Umma]

Judge allows Eminem to sue Apple

The ad featured Eminem's song Lose Yourself from the film 8 Mile

A judge in the US has allowed a copyright infringement case over an Eminem song to go ahead.

Apple ran an advertisement for its iPod digital music player which had a 10-year-old boy singing the rapper's song Lose Yourself, from the film 8 Mile.

US District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor ruled a suit by Eminem's publishers can be brought against several companies, including MTV's parent company Viacom.

The ad ran on MTV despite Apple not getting permission to use the song.

The suit, filed in Detroit, also names advertising agency TBWA/Chiat/Day.

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[joeyz]

sounds Shady to me

[MoonMan]

Why hasn't some derranged fan killed this egomaniac yet ?

[Yoda]

You ready MoonMan?

I got my bat and wet noodle.

[cjules13]

Are those all those Apple ads where the people were singing their song while listenening to the iPod? If so, there were a few more songs than just that one - I ownder if Apple used them all w/o permission....

So you can't even sing the lyrics on TV without permission? So is American Idol asking every artist and label everytime some sings a song on the show? I know it's not used directly to sell any product, but it sells the show??? eh, I may be wrong on this one anyway - maybe it wasn't that commercial...

[Potato]

Maybe it's like books and stuff, you can only use a select amount of the song without permission?