Eminem quarrels with Apple again

In the meantime, as Eminem again sued Apple for illegally selling its music in the iTunes music store, the number of purchases in this very store exceeded 3 billion tracks.

Online store iTunes was opened in 2003. Already in February 2006, Apple reported on the sale of the billionth song - songs of the group Coldplay Speed ​​of Sound. After a little over a year, the number of sales increased 3 times.

Eminem transferred the rights to sell his music to the publisher, who, in turn, has a similar agreement with a large record company (Universal Music Group). Here is the latest and gave the go-ahead to the appearance of Eminem's music in the iTunes Music Store. And Universal Music Group and paying Apple.
')
Apple takes 99 cents for most songs that are downloaded in the United States. Record companies receive approximately 70 cents and from this amount they give 9 cents to companies that own the copyright to musical works (in the case of Eminem, this is Eight Mile Style).

Here Universal is likely to redirect the lawsuit.

It is worth recalling that before this, Eminem had already sued Apple for the fact that his song was used in a TV advertising of the company's products.


via www.wemu.ru