Eminem’s litigious people make the news again, on reports that talks between the rapper’s ‘people’ and Apple legal are at a critical point, if both parties want to avoid a public spat in the US courts.
It’s a complex issue of music, distribution rights and music industry lawyers. In its briefest explanation, Eminem’s people are suing Apple and the Aftermath label for selling 93 Eminem tracks through iTunes. This is because Eminem’s Eight Mile High says neither the label nor Apple had the rights to sell digital downloads.
Eight Mile High is claiming Apple may have made as much as $2.5 million from sales of the rapper’s songs through iTunes (w
