US Supreme Court doesn’t want to get involved in Eminem Royalty Suit
March 22nd, 2011 - 12:29 am ICT by Aishwarya BhattWashington DC, Mar 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The US Supreme Court won’t get involved in the suit involving Eminem and Universal Music Group. The suit has to do with royalty claim following downloads of the singer’s songs and ringtones.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Monday that Eminem and his producers were entitled to 50 percent split with Universal when it comes to selling the rapper’s song digitally. According to the contract of F.B.T. Productions LLC, Eminem and his producers are entitled to as much digital ownership of Eminem’s songs as Universal does.
However under the same contract, Eminem and his producers are entitled to only 12 percent of the sales of the physical albums of Eminem. Universal has the right to the remaining percentage of the rapper’s songs.
Universal went to court for breach of contract when Eminem and F.B.T. signed a deal to have Apple’s iTunes sell the rapper’s songs online and allow downloads. The case was marked Aftermath Records v. F.B.T. Productions, LLC, 10-768.
F.B.T. is the production house that discovered Eminem back in 1995. In 1998, the rapper signed a deal with Aftermath Records with Universal selling the recordings.
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