Reports are saying the publisher's problems with Facebook have gone with the vapors.
Last May, Eminem's music publisher Eight Mile Style sued Facebook for allegedly using one of the rapper's songs for the launch of an application called "Facebook Home." The song was supposedly picked by Facebook's co-defendant ad agency to curry favor to known Eminem fan, Mark Zuckerberg. When threatened with a copyright lawsuit, the ad agency is said to have attacked hip-hop producer (and sometime Eminem collaborator) Dr. Dre for being a flagrant thief who had stolen the song in question from Michael Jackson. Alas, on April 11, the parties stipulated to a voluntary dismissal.
(Billboard)
May 2013, buzz about Slim Shady's publisher taking action against Facebook surfaced online.
On Monday, Eight Mile Style, LLC, the company that administers the rights to Eminem's music filed a lawsuit against Facebook. The complaint filed in Michigan federal court not only accuses the popular social network of lifting one of Eminem's songs for the April launch of a new application called "Facebook Home," but tells the story of how Facebook's advertising company attempted to use Eminem to attract the liking of Mark Zuckerberg, and how when threatened with copyright allegations, how the ad agency's response was to attack hip hop producer (and sometime Eminem collaborator) Dr. Dre for being a flagrant thief who had stolen the song in question from Michael Jackson.
(Billboard)
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