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As if minimal record sales weren’t enough to effect the status of the reformed Guns N’ Roses, the band now faces a $1 million copyright lawsuit for samples on a track off of last year’s Chinese Democracy bomb. The suit claims that the GNR song, “Raid N’ The Bedouins,” illegally sampled two songs from German electronic artist, Ulrich Schnauss, who claims that no effort was made to obtain the songs for use on the album. Schnauss’ songs, “Wherever You Are” and “A Strange and Isolated Place,” were used to produce about 45 seconds of ambient noise leading into the guitar driven track. Brian Caplan, attorney for Schnauss, said in a statement, “I can tell you that there is no paper trail authorizing the use of these songs and nobody from the plaintiff’s side authorized the use of this song.” However, GNR manager Irving Azoff has said that the claims made against the band are false. The samples used in the song, “were provided by a member of the album’s production team who has assured us that these few seconds of sound were obtained legitimately.” This recent trend of music copyright suits has not gone unnoticed. As the music industry struggles to pull itself out of its recession, artists have been forced to find ulterior ways in order to make a living. Lawsuits over music usages can either be acknowledged as an artist’s claim to the rightful use of their work, or some greedy scumbag who only wants to profit off the success of another artist’s creativity. With the “success” of Chinese Democracy, it’s safe to say the Ulrich Schnauss may not be looking for a quick buck. |
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Eminem’s multi-million dollar lawsuit with Apple over the online distribution of the rapper’s music will go to Michigan federal court this Thursday if an agreement is not reached. The case between Eminem’s publishing company, Eight Mile Style, and co-plaintiff Martin Affiliated accuses Apple of providing the sale of approximately 93 songs that were allegedly obtained without the appropriate copyright. The suit was originally filed in 2005 and could result in a great deal of embarrassment for Apple. The lawsuit centers around a deal made with Aftermath records, Eight Mile Style’s parent company. Aftermath, who is also being sued by the rapper, signed off for Apple to distribute the music. But Eminem and Martin claim that the record label only had the rights to negotiate CD sales, not online distribution. Eminem claims that Apple has wrongfully collected $2.5 million in sales from songs purchased from iTunes including $466,915 from “Lose Yourself,” the hit from the movie “8 Mile.” Some of the allegedly unauthorized tracks are still for sale on the iTunes store. |
