Apple settles copyright violation
p2pnet.net News:- Apple has agreed to pay Eminem an undisclosed amount for repeatedly violating the latter’s copyright in an advertising campaign.
Say it ain’t so !!! Apple the Pure?
Regretably, it’s true.
“Apple featured a 10-year-old singing Eminem’s Oscar-winning song ‘Lose Yourself’ in an ad on MTV for the computer company’s iPod music player and iTunes music service,” says the Associated Press.
“The television ad appeared many times during three months beginning in July 2003 and on Apple’s Web site, despite the fact that the computer company had unsuccessfully sought Eminem’s permission for the campaign.”
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See:-
advertising campaign – Eminem vs Apple, p2pnet, May 20, 2004
Associated Press – Eminem’s label agrees to settlement over Apple ad, May 10, 2005
May 11th, 2005 at 5:47 pm
dont you like apple or something?
May 31st, 2005 at 12:05 am
Apple has more cash than you know who… guess they did the calculations and figured that the return they would get from airing that commercial who more than justify the cost of being sued.
Regards,
Marnie