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Eminem and Apple settle suit
Rap star Eminem has had no shortage of conflicts in his career - the Insane Clown Posse, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Sacha Baron Cohen's "Bruno" character. But as of yesterday, Eminem can scratch at least one name off his enemies list: Apple Inc.
The rapper's Eight Mile Style publishing company came to a settlement with Apple over the sale of Eminem's songs on iTunes. According to Eminem's hometown paper the Detroit Free Press, the suit alleged that Apple had sold some $2.35m worth of songs without ever having received permission from Eight Mile Style to offer them on the iTunes service.
So settling the case probably wasn't at the top of Apple's to-do list, and in terms of importance it wasn't exactly on the level of the options backdating case of 2007 or the ongoing collusion investigations with Google, but it's a nice bit of publicity for iTunes and a good sign that we may be moving out of the litigation frenzy that has plagued the online music industry since its earliest days.
Plus, it leaves Eminem free to focus on battling his more dangerous foes, like hand-puppets, actors and guys in clown makeup.
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