{"id":121768,"date":"2025-06-04T13:25:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T21:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/06\/04\/eminem-hits-meta-with-a-copyright-lawsuit-after-it-allegedly-misappropriated-hundreds-of-his-songs\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T13:25:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T21:25:38","slug":"eminem-hits-meta-with-a-copyright-lawsuit-after-it-allegedly-misappropriated-hundreds-of-his-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/06\/04\/eminem-hits-meta-with-a-copyright-lawsuit-after-it-allegedly-misappropriated-hundreds-of-his-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Eminem Hits Meta With A Copyright Lawsuit After It Allegedly Misappropriated Hundreds Of His Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted [from Meta], would you capture it, or just let it slip? Faced with that opportunity, Eminem\u2019s publishing company has opted for the \u201csue the hell out of Meta\u201d route. You may have heard some of Eminem\u2019s music (hopefully the pre-2009 cuts) on the apps you have your thumb glued to. That in itself isn\u2019t surprising \u2014 he\u2019s the top-selling rapper of all time<\/a>, after all. But using his music without at least asking his permission first is begging for a wake-up call<\/a>. US Magazine<\/a> has coverage:<\/p>\n

Eminem filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms \u2014 owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp \u2014 over allegations of copyright infringement.<\/p>\n

The rapper\u2019s publishing company Eight Mile Style has accused Meta of putting Eminem\u2019s music on its Reels Remix and Original Audio platforms without permission. A lawsuit filed on Friday, May 30, in Michigan is seeking as much as $109 million in damages for misappropriation of 243 of Eminem\u2019s songs, according to E! News<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Two hundred forty-three songs?! If you listen closely, you can hear every IP lawyer shout out \u201cNow this looks like a job for me!\u201d in unison.<\/p>\n

Eminem\u2019s lawsuit alleges that Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s company initially tried to license his music through digital royalty engine Audiam, but when Eight Mile Style refused, more than 200 songs made it onto Reels Remix and Original Audio anyway. Eminem\u2019s songs were allegedly streamed and sampled billions of times without permission, in what Eight Mile Style calls \u201crampant\u201d and \u201cknowing infringement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Did Meta not learn from Ja Rule or Machine Gun Kelly\u2019s careers? Don\u2019t. Mess. With. Eminem. And if the events are as cut and dried as the complaint makes it seem, Meta is getting off easy with the $109M price tag. Meta of all companies should know that the only thing that can get away with brazenly stealing the work of wealthy hard-working artists without facing legal consequences is AI-scrapping software.<\/p>\n

Eminem Is Suing Meta for $109 Million Over Copyright Infringement<\/a> [US Magazine]<\/p>\n

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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s (Opens in a new window)<\/a>. \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim,\u00a0is interested in critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at\u00a0cwilliams@abovethelaw.com <\/a>and by tweet at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The post Eminem Hits Meta With A Copyright Lawsuit After It Allegedly Misappropriated Hundreds Of His Songs<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted [from Meta], would you capture it, or just let it slip? Faced with that opportunity, Eminem\u2019s publishing company has opted for the \u201csue the hell out of Meta\u201d route. You may have heard some of Eminem\u2019s music (hopefully the pre-2009 cuts) on the apps you have your thumb glued to. That in itself isn\u2019t surprising \u2014 he\u2019s the top-selling rapper of all time<\/a>, after all. But using his music without at least asking his permission first is begging for a wake-up call<\/a>. US Magazine<\/a> has coverage:<\/p>\n

Eminem filed a lawsuit against Meta Platforms \u2014 owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp \u2014 over allegations of copyright infringement.<\/p>\n

The rapper\u2019s publishing company Eight Mile Style has accused Meta of putting Eminem\u2019s music on its Reels Remix and Original Audio platforms without permission. A lawsuit filed on Friday, May 30, in Michigan is seeking as much as $109 million in damages for misappropriation of 243 of Eminem\u2019s songs, according to E! News<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Two hundred forty-three songs?! If you listen closely, you can hear every IP lawyer shout out \u201cNow this looks like a job for me!\u201d in unison.<\/p>\n

Eminem\u2019s lawsuit alleges that Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s company initially tried to license his music through digital royalty engine Audiam, but when Eight Mile Style refused, more than 200 songs made it onto Reels Remix and Original Audio anyway. Eminem\u2019s songs were allegedly streamed and sampled billions of times without permission, in what Eight Mile Style calls \u201crampant\u201d and \u201cknowing infringement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Did Meta not learn from Ja Rule or Machine Gun Kelly\u2019s careers? Don\u2019t. Mess. With. Eminem. And if the events are as cut and dried as the complaint makes it seem, Meta is getting off easy with the $109M price tag. Meta of all companies should know that the only thing that can get away with brazenly stealing the work of wealthy hard-working artists without facing legal consequences is AI-scrapping software.<\/p>\n

Eminem Is Suing Meta for $109 Million Over Copyright Infringement<\/a> [US Magazine]<\/p>\n

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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s (Opens in a new window)<\/a>. \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who is learning to swim,\u00a0is interested in critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at\u00a0[email\u00a0protected] <\/a>and by tweet at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted [from Meta], would you capture it, or just let it slip? Faced with that opportunity, Eminem\u2019s publishing company has opted for the \u201csue the hell out of Meta\u201d route. You may have heard some of Eminem\u2019s music (hopefully the pre-2009 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":121756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chris-Williams-2025-bsSxKW.jpeg?fit=512%2C288&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}