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Eminem and Apple Might Be Headed to Court Over Copyright Claims

11:41 a.m. · September 23, 2009 · by Andrew Winistorfer

Back in March, Eminem lost a lawsuit against his record label for a bigger piece of digital sale royalties, and now the rapper is fighting Apple and iTunes, claiming that Apple has no right to sell his music on iTunes because he never gave them permission, and they don't give him royalties directly.

The case, which could go to court on Thursday, gets down to the question of who actually owns musicians' songs, and in which cases artists are entitled to royalties. Apple contends that Aftermath, Em's label, received royalties for his songs being on iTunes, but Em says he never granted Apple the right to the songs in the first place. It's not clear if Eminem himself will testify at the trial, if it indeed gets that far. [Reuters]