Tag: Eminem’s

25 OCT

New Zealand political party has to pay Eminem’s publisher $415,000 for copying ‘Lose Yourself’

Kevin Winter / Getty Images A New Zealand judge ruled that the country’s conservative political party breached the copyright of Eminem’s song “Lose Yourself” by using a similar song. The conservative National Party played the song, titled “Eminem Esque,” 186 times on air through a TV campaign ad. The High Court Judge has ordered the National Party to pay […]

01 MAY

Rapper Eminem’s copyright lawsuit against a New Zealand political party has begun

Theo Wargo/Getty They may not have lost themselves in the music or the moment but a judge and nine lawyers in a New Zealand courtroom did listen politely to Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” as a copyright trial involving the country’s ruling political party began Monday. The Detroit-based music publishers for Eminem are suing New Zealand’s conservative […]