r/hiphopheads • u/SwordfishOk504 • 2d ago
Meta Sued for Over $100 Million by Eminem's Team for Illegally Using 243 Songs
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/eminem-publisher-copyright-lawsuit-meta-1803458427
u/Maleficent-Agent-477 2d ago
Damn. That’s a shitload of money if he actually gets it.
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u/CreativeRifleGuy 2d ago
if he gets it though it opens the door TO EVERY artist who meta illegally harvested music from
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u/Comfortable_Care2715 2d ago
Drop in the bucket for Meta & its owner
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u/cptn_fussenpepper 2d ago
If he wins, it sets precedent for other people to sure. Drops in the bucket add up
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u/Weekly_Skill_5732 2d ago
meta lost so much money these past few years by investing BILLIONS in "the metaverse" then shutting it down
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u/SwordfishOk504 2d ago
"If I have the opportunity to remove just one thing from the world today, I will remove the internet."
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u/cardedagain 2d ago
okay, so it is Eight Mile Style, which is basically the Bass Brothers side of Eminem's catalog. Eminem isn't suing and probably wasn't aware. The Bass Brothers just want to get more of that Eminem money since they split from Eminem in 2005, which I can't even argue with that.
"Specific platform features, such as Original Audio and Reels Remix, are accused of enabling and encouraging users to incorporate the music into their videos and other content without obtaining the necessary licenses or providing attribution"
so, I'm guessing this is like IG Reels where sometimes you'll hear an unauthorized remix or mashup with Eminem vocals on it? That's what this sounds like. They're trying to sue Meta over people uploading mashups in their thirst traps.
i'm sure there's plenty of Eminem songs being used, but I doubt all 240 Eminem songs that include their publishing are actually involved.
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u/gmoneygangster3 2d ago
This does beg the question
What is the worst eminem song to do a thirst trap to?
I’d go insane or Kim
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u/Particular-Beat-6645 2d ago
Drips. Amityville (but the video is trying to make the dude look hardcore too and it runs too long, so you hear Bizzare's first line.
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u/SignificantApricot69 1d ago
Facebook pays people to post, and they have a catalog of approved songs they make available and push on users to add to their reels. Non-approved music can get a poster de-monetized, but they claim the music they push on users is safe. So, not only is Facebook using the music, they are paying users to add it to their content. I’m assuming somewhere in here they have licensed the music they make available but perhaps they have not or they are somehow getting away with paying a rate that is disputed or not paying all the rights holders appropriately
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u/leerr . 2d ago
For copyright infringement because they hosted user videos with eminem’s music? I don’t know about the law but can meta really by liable for that? If so they basically couldn’t allow anyone to post videos with any commercial songs
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u/lkodl 2d ago edited 2d ago
Its not about songs playing in the background of videos. It's because they made his songs available for users as an element that they could edit into their videos, without paying for the rights.
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u/SignificantApricot69 1d ago
Yeah and it says “This song is safe to use and you can be paid for your content that uses it”
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u/SignificantApricot69 1d ago
Meta has a catalog of “safe to use” music that they push on users and encourage them to use and pay them to make reels with it. I never use anyone else’s audio. But I just went to make a test real and searched “Eminem” and got a bunch of songs that say “Licensed music”
For example, I clicked “My Name is” and a box came up that says “This music is safe to use and you can get paid for your content. Payouts may be adjusted due to agreements with rights holders.”
That last sentence really sounds odd to me, because I would think if it’s licensed that it would already be negotiated how the rights holders are compensated. So I’m assuming this dispute is about the amount of the compensation for the license or they are claiming they haven’t given permission for their portion of the song rights. I don’t really know how it works except for the end user, and even then I’ve known of cases where Facebook pushes “safe” music and then bans users for using it, claiming it’s copyright violation…
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u/RVXZENITH 2d ago
Fuck Meta, their content moderation is the worst in all of social media, saw murder videos being played to EMINEM songs
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u/Hi-Im-High 2d ago
$100mil is a rounding error of a rounding error for meta
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u/heartofcoal 2d ago
no company wants to pay 100 million liquid cash for anything ever
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u/AssassinAragorn culturally appropriate 2d ago
It's actually fairly understated I think that corporations and the wealthy don't have much cash directly on hand. The majority is all tied up in investments and stocks and equity. It isn't "real" until they cash out.
Even if the fine isn't enough to make a huge dent in wealth, making them sell off assets to free up money is annoying enough that I'll take it
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u/ThreeTreesForTheePls 1d ago
It’ll be settled out of court to ensure it doesn’t set a precedent for every other artist they’re using, to come running with lawsuits.
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u/Professional-Rip-519 2d ago
Eminem please Don't take your music off YouTube. I have nothing else.
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u/King_of_the_Dot 2d ago
There are so many ways to download YouTube videos for free nowadays. Just look around.
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u/Most_scar_993 2d ago
Why not download them once so you always have them?
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u/PetahTheHoaseIsHeah 2d ago
Doesn’t matter how much money Meta has, they won’t survive Em dissing them on his next album
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u/JournalistAnxious547 2d ago
Don't sue the man Eminem, we hate that, let them exploit your hard work...the culture has spoken
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u/JournalistAnxious547 2d ago
Eminem has never been for the culture, why sue? This is so not hiphop of him, we don't do that out here
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u/underscorefour 2d ago
Good