news eminem to sue apple

[hhhhbk]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040518/ap_en_mu/people_eminem_apple_lawsuit

eminems suing apple for using his song to promote itunes
based on riaa calculations of $750 per song does this not mean that he can sue them for $750 for every person they broadcast it to
that must be over a billion dollars

who gets the $750 that the riaa get for each song they sue for does it go to the artist or do the riaa just keep it

[gitreel]

The riaa keeps it. All of the settlement money so far has not been distributed to the artists.

[slnorth]

Lawyers, it goes to lawyers on both sides and the ones in between.

I had a big rant but deleted it since I felt better.

[gitreel]

Yes the lawyers are getting rich.

[Nilfennasion]

What I find amusing is that Smartie thinks he is sooooo bad-ass when all he is doing is extending the stereotype monopoly that the RIAA has built up. Shame on him and everyone like him, says I.

[flaninacupboard]

Not much to say here. What a prick. Perhaps he'll sue the child doing the singing in the advert as well.

In any case, fair use says you can reproduce a portion of lyrics, right?

[indolikaa]

Just for shits and giggles, I did a search for Eminem on WinMX...

I think he's got bigger problems that Apple right now.

[Supreme2k]

Actually, I've seen interviews where the kid singing and "punking" him with his own song is one of the bigger issues I think that he dislikes the "uncoordinated white kids who like rap, like me" image.

[teegee420]

He must not like looking into a mirror either.

[pacmania_2001]

Does anyone have a link to the Apple ad in question?