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Eminem Sues Meta for Unauthorized Use of His Music, Damages Could Exceed $1 Million
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this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2025
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The number is probably set just high enough to force meta to respond with lawyers who have an actual payroll. $1M is nothing, but if they roll over, then every other artist will do the same. Meta will need to fight this in courts. It will cost them money to do so.
Eminem can make an album about it afterwards. And he doesn't look super greedy. And other artists might win because of him.
It says statutory right in the article. $150k seems like the legal limit per song.
I’d be disappointed if he didn’t make a record after it.